Table 2.
Effect of meat and bone meal, phytase, antibiotics, and necrotic enteritis on FITC-d (ug/mL) concentration in serum of broilers, day 16 post-hatch.
| Effects | MBM | Phy | AB | FITC-d (ug/mL) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main effects | ||||
| MBM | − | 0.236b | ||
| + | 0.348a | |||
| AB | − | 0.352a | ||
| + | 0.231b | |||
| P > f | ||||
| MBM | 0.043 | |||
| Phy | 0.360 | |||
| AB | 0.028 | |||
| MBM × Phy | 0.685 | |||
| MBM × AB | 0.313 | |||
| Phy × AB | 0.711 | |||
| MBM × Phy × AB | 0.138 |
a,b,c Means in the same column within the main effect, 2-way interaction, or treatment means with different superscripts are different (P < 0.05).
2 or 3-way interaction separated by Tukey.
Abbreviations: AB, antibiotics and FITC-d, fluorescein isothiocyanate dextran; AB, salinomycin 60 ppm in S, G, F; Zn bacitracin 100 ppm in S, G and 50 ppm in F; MBM, meat and bone meal; Phy, phytase (Quantum Blue 5G).