Table 5.
Effect of dietary Achyranthes japonica Nakai (AJN) extract supplementation on excreta gas emission in 35-day-old broilers.
| Items, ppm | AJN extract (%) |
SEM |
P-value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0.025 | 0.05 | 0.1 | Linear | Quadratic | ||
| NH3 | 13.58 | 13.18 | 12.80 | 12.23 | 0.38 | 0.023 | 0.822 |
| H2S | 2.93 | 2.53 | 2.55 | 2.90 | 0.47 | 0.981 | 0.441 |
| R.SH | 2.00 | 1.75 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 0.75 | 0.942 | 0.870 |
Abbreviations: H2S, hydrogen sulfide; NH3, ammonia; R.SH, total mercaptan; SEM, pooled standard error of the mean.