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. 2022 Jul 7;12(14):1742. doi: 10.3390/ani12141742

Table 5.

Nutrient digestibility of broiler chickens fed a reduced nPP diet supplemented with phytase, probiotic, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and fumaric acid at 35 days of age.

Treatments 1 Nutrient Digestibility, %
DM CP EE CF Ca P
PC 67.23 b 78.38 c 51.26 cd 29.85 b 71.46 c 45.82 c
NC 63.71 c 75.81 c 48.57 d 29.28 c 70.18 c 44.02 d
PHY 71.84 a 84.29 b 54.17 bc 30.13 b 79.67 a 51.34 a
PRO 71.85 a 88.44 a 59.54 a 30.80 a 74.56 b 48.91 b
SC 72.87 a 85.77 ab 56.57 b 30.29 ab 76.30 b 50.72 a
FA 72.78 a 84.96 b 51.43 cd 30.19 b 72.07 c 50.01 ab
SEM 1.335 1.492 1.328 0.235 0.824 0.590
p-value ˂0.001 ˂0.001 ˂0.001 0.001 ˂0.001 ˂0.001
Contrast probability vs. NC
PC 0.02 0.11 0.07 0.03 0.15 0.01
PHY ˂0.001 ˂0.001 0.001 0.02 ˂0.001 ˂0.001
PRO ˂0.001 ˂0.001 ˂0.001 0.002 0.003 ˂0.001
SC ˂0.001 ˂0.001 ˂0.001 0.008 0.002 ˂0.001
FA ˂0.001 ˂0.001 0.05 0.02 0.07 ˂0.001

a–d Means with no common letters within the same column varied significantly at p < 0.05.1 Treatment abbreviations see Table 2. DM, dry matter; CP, crude protein; EE, ether extract; CF, crude fiber; Ca, calcium; P, phosphorus.