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. 2021 Apr 29;11(5):1285. doi: 10.3390/ani11051285

Table 4.

Effect of the enzyme (E) and sampling site (S) on Ara, Xyl, Gal, uronic acid (UA), and Non-glucosyl NSP (NGP) recovery (%) in the ileum and total tract of broilers fed wheat-based (WC, WE) (n = 5–6) and maize-based (MC, ME) (n = 5–6) DT.

Dietary
Treatment (DT)
NSP Recovery %
Ara Xyl Gal UA NGP
Ileum Total Tract Ileum Total Tract Ileum Total Tract Ileum Total Tract Ileum Total Tract
WC 107.97 a 83.85 b 94.82 a 74.74 b 104.47 a 57.31 b 73.55 a 59.96 b,* 94.81 a 68.82 b
WE 101.02 a 80.22 b 88.50 a 70.29 b 102.71 a,* 58.77 b 74.36 a 62.49 b 90.14 a 68.00 b
SEM 1 2.12 2.20 1.42 (* 1.57) 1.25 (* 1.39) 1.70
Model established p-Values
E 0.022 0.025 0.996 0.193 0.125
S <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
E × S 0.442 0.675 0.325 0.548 0.274
MC 99.3 104.13 96.73 102.17 99.04 a 67.63 b 101.43 96.56 99.02 85.96
ME 105.85 109.47 * 102.16 107.88 * 107.54 a,* 66.91 b,* 96.02 101.66 99.83 92.98
SEM 3.92 (* 4.34) 3.10 (* 3.42) 2.82 (3.12) 3.43 3.53
Model established p-Values
E 0.214 0.112 0.194 0.965 0.281
S 0.743 0.111 <0.001 0.912 0.011
E × S 0.665 0.977 0.143 0.143 0.390

1 Standard error of the mean, for n = 6. * In case of missingness (n = 5), the adjusted SEM value is presented between brackets. a,b recovery values of the same NSP measured in the ileum and excreta within cereal type not sharing common notation differ significantly (p < 0.05).