Table 2.

Effects of Astragalus-Glycyrrhiza polysaccharides on apparent metabolic rate of nutrients in broilers (%).

	Treatments
Items	CON	ANT	LAG	HAG	SEM	p-Value
Energy	70.76 b	74.77 a	74.90 a	75.49 a	0.68	0.043
CP	47.47 b	50.46 ab	52.75 a	49.98 ab	0.63	0.019
EE	73.73	75.09	75.13	75.93	0.43	0.355
Ca	44.66	45.70	47.20	46.29	0.53	0.399
P	44.16	45.61	46.07	47.15	0.62	0.411

Note: The data were shown as means and standard error (SEM) (n = 6). The different lowercase letters in the same rows indicate significant difference (p < 0.05), while the same or without lowercase letters in the same rows indicate insignificant difference (p > 0.05). CP: crude protein; EE: crude fat; Ca: Calcium; P: phosphorus; CON: basal diet group; ANT: supplement with 500 mg/kg oxytetracycline calcium; LAG: supplement with 150 mg/kg Astragalus polysaccharides and 75 mg/kg Glycyrrhiza polysaccharides; HAG: supplement with 300 mg/kg Astragalus polysaccharides and 150 mg/kg Glycyrrhiza polysaccharides.