Table 3.
Effect of dietary Achyranthes japonica Nakai (AJN) extract supplementation on ileal nutrient utilization in 35-day-old broilers.
| Items, % | AJN extract (%) |
SEM |
P-value |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0.025 | 0.05 | 0.1 | Linear | Quadratic | ||
| DM | 71.16 | 71.71 | 71.86 | 72.71 | 0.33 | 0.003 | 0.654 |
| N | 69.40 | 70.29 | 70.96 | 71.74 | 0.57 | 0.006 | 0.927 |
| GE | 71.89 | 72.40 | 72.74 | 73.20 | 0.59 | 0.117 | 0.966 |
Abbreviations: DM, dry matter; GE, gross energy; N, nitrogen; SEM, pooled standard error of the mean.