. 2023 Jan 26;55(1):46. doi: 10.1007/s11250-023-03476-9

Table 3.

Nutrient digestibility (%) and digestive enzymes activities (U/ml) of broilers fed different dietary treatments at 42 days

	CON	CM	FCM	ECM	EFC	SEM	P-value
Nutrient digestibility
Dry matter	78.1^a	74.2^b	78.4^a	76.4^ab	77.9^a	1.073	0.020
Crude protein	87.4^a	80.0^b	86.8^a	84.2^ab	88.2^a	0.541	0.016
Ether extract	65.0^bc	60.8^c	69.3^a	68.7^a	70.2^a	1.760	0.032
Nitrogen-free extract	81.5	80.4	82.0	81.1	81.7	0.475	0.181
Digestive enzymes activities
Lipase	8.41b	8.22b	11.7a	9.35ab	10.9a	12.25	0.003
Amylase	5.06c	4.84c	5.78b	6.37a	5.95b	8.461	0.011
Trypsin	22.5	21.8	22.3	21.6	22.1	21.37	0.227

^a,b,cEach trait with different superscripts differ significantly at p < 0.05; CON, basal diet as control group; CM, added 20% CM in diet no processing; FCM, added 20% fermented CM in diet; ECM, added 20% CM plus multi-enzyme in diet and EFC added 20% FCM in diet with multi-enzyme