Table 4.
The intestinal pH of AA broilers on d 21.
| pH |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Items | Duodenum | Jejunum | Ileum | ||
| CON | 5.42 | 5.47 | 6.27 | ||
| GOD | 5.25 | 5.17 | 5.80 | ||
| Cp | 5.33 | 5.27 | 6.21 | ||
| Cp + GOD | 5.33 | 5.24 | 6.08 | ||
| SEM | 0.027 | 0.059 | 0.059 | ||
| Main effect | Infection | - | 5.34 | 5.32 | 6.04 |
| + | 5.33 | 5.25 | 6.14 | ||
| GOD | - | 5.38 | 5.37 | 6.24a | |
| + | 5.29 | 5.20 | 5.94b | ||
| P value | Infection | 0.818 | 0.566 | 0.309 | |
| GOD | 0.094 | 0.169 | 0.007 | ||
| Infection × GOD | 0.122 | 0.271 | 0.110 | ||
Abbreviations: Cp, Clostridium perfringens; GOD, glucose oxidase; CON, The control group; GOD, The GOD group; Cp, The Cp challenge group; Cp + GOD, The Cp challenge group fed with GOD.
a–b
Means in the same column without the same superscript differ significantly (P < 0.05). SEM means standard error of the mean. “+” means challenge or add. (n = 7).