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. 2020 Dec 9;100(3):100909. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.11.075

Table 4.

Small intestine indexes of broilers fed diets supplementation with xylo-oligosaccharides (XOS),60Co γ-ray–irradiated Astragalus polysaccharides (IAPS), and their combination on day 21.

Treatments 1 Relative weight (g/kg·BW)
Relative length (cm/kg·BW)
Duodenum Jejunum Ileum Duodenum Jejunum Ileum
Control 6.35 16.68 12.76 34.38 83.83 80.95
AGP 6.70 16.67 12.27 33.49 77.02 75.93
XOS 7.67 15.75 11.62 36.56 81.54 78.69
IAPS 6.41 15.80 11.69 32.40 76.72 71.65
XOS + IAPS 6.91 16.87 11.91 34.04 77.15 72.39
SEM 0.17 0.21 0.22 0.51 1.38 1.75
P value 0.08 0.30 0.45 0.15 0.40 0.43
Main effects
 XOS
 - 6.27y 15.90 12.58 33.02y 79.67 76.52
 + 7.28x 16.18 11.75 35.30x 78.35 74.56
IAPS
 - 6.94 15.74 12.48 34.94 80.29 79.06
 + 6.61 16.34 11.86 33.38 77.72 72.02
P values
 XOS 0.03 0.69 0.18 0.09 0.65 0.67
 IAPS 0.45 0.39 0.31 0.24 0.38 0.13
 XOS × IAPS 0.33 0.27 0.13 0.46 0.95 0.55

x,ySuperscripts for means belong to 2 × 2 factorial arrangement (XOS and IAPS), excluding the AGP group.

Means with no common superscripts within the column of each classification are significantly different (P ≤ 0.05).

1

Control, basal diet; AGP, basal diet supplemented with 50 mg/kg chlortetracycline; XOS, basal diet supplemented with 100 mg/kg XOS; IAPS, basal diet supplemented with 600 mg/kg IAPS; XOS + IAPS, basal diet supplemented with 100 mg/kg XOS and 600 mg/kg IAPS.