Table 5. Effects of SLCPP supplementation on intestinal weights and lengths of broilers.
| Item | Treatment1) | SEM | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NC | PC | SPP | |||
| Relative weight (g/100 g BW) | |||||
| Duodenum | 0.58 | 0.45 | 0.62 | 0.05 | 0.06 |
| Jejunum | 0.95xa | 0.71b | 0.89ab | 0.14 | 0.03 |
| Ileum | 0.92a | 0.70b | 0.80ab | 0.16 | 0.03 |
| Cecum | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.09 | 0.43 |
| Relative length (cm/100 g BW) | |||||
| Duodenum | 2.10a | 1.78b | 1.81b | 0.03 | 0.02 |
| Jejunum | 5.03a | 4.13b | 4.56ab | 0.04 | 0.02 |
| Ileum | 5.57a | 4.55b | 4.63b | 0.04 | 0.01 |
| Cecum | 1.13 | 1.37 | 0.95 | 0.01 | 0.18 |
| Weight:length (g/cm) | |||||
| Duodenum | 0.29 | 0.25 | 0.35 | 0.02 | 0.12 |
| Jejunum | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.2 | 0.01 | 0.39 |
| Ileum | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.18 | 0.01 | 0.53 |
| Cecum | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.01 | 0.56 |
Means within the same row having different letters differ significantly at p ≤ 0.05.
NC, basal diet; PC, basal diet + 0.01% enramycin; SPP, basal diet + 0.1% sodium long chain polyphosphate.
SLCPP, sodium long chain polyphosphate; BW, body weight.