Table 5.
Effects of sodium butyrate on the chemical composition of breast muscle.
| Item, % | Sodium butyrate level1, mg/kg |
SE |
P-value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CON | T1 | T2 | T3 | Linear | Quadratic | ||
| Moisture | 71.47 | 71.63 | 72.18 | 73.25 | 1.14 | 0.2615 | 0.6947 |
| CP | 25.59a | 26.86a,b | 26.23a,b | 27.16b | 0.43 | 0.0446 | 0.6938 |
| Ether extract | 4.84 | 4.64 | 4.70 | 4.68 | 0.51 | 0.8591 | 0.8656 |
| Ash | 5.32 | 5.09 | 5.27 | 5.15 | 0.24 | 0.7473 | 0.8224 |
a,bWithin the same row with different superscripts differ (P < 0.05).
1
Sodium butyrate level: CON, control diet without sodium butyrate; T1, sodium butyrate at 300 mg/kg; T2, sodium butyrate at 600 mg/kg; T3, sodium butyrate at 1,200 mg/kg.