Table 4.
Effects of GOD on intestinal pH of Beijing You Chickens under different housing systems.
| Items | pH |
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| 42 d |
77 d |
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| Duodenum | Jejunum | Ileum | Duodenum | Jejunum | Ileum | ||
| FB1 | 5.56 | 5.26 | 6.17 | 5.42 | 5.39 | 6.64 | |
| FG | 5.47 | 5.19 | 5.41 | 5.47 | 5.11 | 5.90 | |
| CB | 5.55 | 5.31 | 6.07 | 5.48 | 5.43 | 7.26 | |
| CG | 5.60 | 5.30 | 5.50 | 5.42 | 5.36 | 6.86 | |
| SEM | 0.021 | 0.026 | 0.148 | 0.016 | 0.044 | 0.115 | |
| Main effect | Litter floor | 5.51 | 5.23 | 5.79 | 5.44 | 5.25 | 6.27b |
| Cage | 5.58 | 5.30 | 5.78 | 5.45 | 5.39 | 7.06a | |
| Basal | 5.56 | 5.28 | 6.12a | 5.45 | 5.41a | 6.95a | |
| GOD | 5.54 | 5.25 | 5.45b | 5.44 | 5.24b | 6.38b | |
| P value | Housing systems | 0.123 | 0.146 | 0.983 | 0.889 | 0.091 | <0.001 |
| GOD | 0.629 | 0.480 | 0.028 | 0.826 | 0.041 | 0.001 | |
| Housing systems × GOD | 0.098 | 0.573 | 0.749 | 0.061 | 0.189 | 0.302 | |
a–bMeans in the same column without the same superscript differ significantly (P < 0.05). “+” means add. SEM means standard error of the mean. (n = 8).
Abbreviations: CB, rear in the cage fed with basal dietary; CG, rear in the cage fed with GOD; FG, rear on the litter floor fed with GOD dietary; GOD, glucose oxidase.
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FB, rear on the litter floor fed with basal dietary.