Table 3.
Effect of dietary ingredient and soluble non-starch polysaccharide level (sNSP) on ileal viscosity in broilers at d 14 and 35 (cP).
| Treatment | d 142 | d 352 |
|---|---|---|
| Grain | ||
| Corn | 2.722b | 2.228b |
| Wheat | 6.314a | 6.898a |
| sNSP level | ||
| High | 4.464 | 4.343a |
| Medium | 4.038 | 3.972ab |
| Low | 3.953 | 3.493b |
| SEM1 | 0.029 | 0.037 |
| P-value | ||
| Grain | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| sNSP level | 0.101 | 0.022 |
| sNSP level linear | - | 0.011 |
| sNSP level quadratic | - | 0.523 |
| Grain × sNSP level | 0.622 | 0.329 |
a-bMean values within a main effect not sharing a common letter are different (P ≤ 0.05).
1
Pooled standard error of mean.
2
Back-transformed values of log10 values for the means.