Table 1.
Total arabinoxylan (TOT-AX) and water-extractable arabinoxylan (WE-AX) content (g/kg DM), TOT-AX arabinose (A) to xylose (X) ratio and the A to X ratio of the aqueous extracts, noncellulose polymeric glucose content (g/kg DM), TiO2 content (g/kg DM), grain-associated endoxylanase activity (EU/g DM), and extract viscosity (cP) of the crumble and pelleted grower-like feed for control (CTRL) and 0.50% AXOS-supplemented (AXOS) diets.
| Variables1 | Crumble grower-like feed |
Pelleted grower-like feed |
P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTRL | AXOS | CTRL | AXOS | ||
| Dry matter (w/w %) | 88.2 ± 0.14 | 88.7 ± 0.27 | 88.2 ± 0.08 | 88.4 ± 0.03 | 0.061 |
| AX content (g/kg DM) | |||||
| TOT-AX | 52.3 ± 2.56b | 60.5 ± 1.64a,b | 54.1 ± 1.13a,b | 60.8 ± 0.81a | 0.014 |
| WE-AX | 2.86 ± 0.06b | 6.80 ± 0.04a | 2.99 ± 0.04b | 6.74 ± 0.04a | <0.001 |
| TOT-AX A/X | 0.81 ± 0.07a,b | 0.68 ± 0.05a,b | 0.81 ± 0.02a | 0.66 ± 0.03b | 0.025 |
| A/X of aqueous extract | 1.28 ± 0.04a | 0.55 ± 0.05b | 1.18 ± 0.01a | 0.54 ± 0.01b | 0.004 |
| Noncellulose polymeric glucose content (g/kg DM) | 485 ± 15.1 | 511 ± 8.8 | 501 ± 29.4 | 556 ± 27.4 | 0.225 |
| TiO2 content (g/kg DM) | 6.60 ± 0.16 | 6.48 ± 0.13 | 6.36 ± 0.36 | 6.59 ± 0.25 | 0.892 |
| Grain-associated endoxylanase activity (EU/g DM) | 0.34 ± 0.01 | 0.35 ± 0.01 | 0.31 ± 0.01 | 0.36 ± 0.02 | 0.110 |
| Extract viscosity (cP) | 1.03 ± 0.01 | 1.01 ± 0.01 | 1.02 ± 0.01 | 1.01 ± 0.01 | 0.130 |
a,bDifferent superscript lowercase alphabets within a row means significantly different (P < 0.05) from each other.
Abbreviation: AXOS, arabinoxylan-oligosaccharides.
1
Given parameters were analyzed in triplicate for each diet (N = 3).