Table 5.

Post-hatching jejunal disaccharidase activities of goslings as affected by the in ovo injection of maltase and sucrose.

Items	Controla	MS injectionb	P-value
Day of hatching
Sucrase, μmol·min−1·g−1 tissue	5.52 ± 1.41	6.25 ± 0.85	0.197
Maltase, μmol·min−1·g−1 tissue	1.08 ± 0.44	1.84 ± 0.71	0.021
Day 7 post-hatching
Sucrase, μmol·min−1·g−1 tissue	8.11 ± 0.76	9.89 ± 1.30	0.028
Maltase, μmol·min−1·g−1 tissue	4.95 ± 0.79	6.08 ± 1.07	0.082
Day 28 post-hatching
Sucrase, μmol·min−1·g−1 tissue	8.17 ± 1.01	9.66 ± 1.24	0.182
Maltase, μmol·min−1·g−1 tissue	4.69 ± 1.10	5.85 ± 1.07	0.258

^aEggs without injected.

^bEggs injected with 25 g/L maltose and 25 g/L sucrose dissolved in 7.5 g/L NaCl.