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. 2023 Mar 9;14:34. doi: 10.1186/s40104-023-00834-3

Table 3.

Effects of specific arabinoxylan-degrading enzymes on growth performance of broiler chickens1

Items BWG, g FI, g F/G, g/g EPI MRT, %
Phase 1 (d 14 to 21)
 CTL 466.53b 632.27 1.355 929.70 0.00
 EX 469.45ab 633.11 1.371 932.16 1.39
 EXA 456.82b 637.35 1.374 907.06 0.00
 EXF 486.15a 644.08 1.327 988.55 0.00
 XAF-1 462.57b 630.08 1.353 931.74 2.78
 XAF-2 467.67b 631.73 1.326 940.83 1.39
 XAF-3 465.08b 629.63 1.354 915.86 1.39
 XAF-4 473.08ab 627.56 1.327 928.83 2.78
 SEM 2.192 3.539 0.006 6.920 0.554
P-value 0.044 0.971 0.137 0.136 0.824
Phase 2 (d 5 to 21)
 CTL 789.08 1045.78 1.325 391.36 0.00
 EX 799.65 1065.37 1.332 389.20 1.39
 EXA 796.05 1057.27 1.328 387.52 1.39
 EXF 831.80 1076.85 1.305 420.42 0.00
 XAF-1 795.80 1058.14 1.339 387.21 4.17
 XAF-2 795.35 1049.67 1.323 396.60 1.39
 XAF-3 804.93 1063.23 1.323 400.86 1.39
 XAF-4 796.18 1054.51 1.325 400.50 2.78
 SEM 4.753 6.150 0.003 2.857 0.590
P-value 0.478 0.958 0.065 0.055 0.717

1Values are given as the means based on six birds for each treatment (n = 6). The abbreviations of the groups are consistent with those in Table 2

BWG Body weight gain, g; FI Feed intake, g; F/G Feed-to-gain ratio, g/g; EPI European comprehensive production index; MRT Mortality, %; SEM Standard error of the mean

a,b Means in a column with superscripts without a common letter differ (P < 0.05)