Table 3. Effects of different dietary non-starch polysaccharide (NSP) level diets on nutrient digestibility and viscosity of broilers on day 24 and 351)

Items Treatments2) SEM3) p-value
CON CON-X L-X M-X H-X
Energy digestibility (%)
 d 24 86.86a 83.80ab 86.27a 86.62a 80.21b 2.011 < 0.001
 d 35 87.72a 88.15a 86.45ab 83.70bc 82.75c 1.013 0.002
Protein digestibility (%)
 d 24 73.37b 75.25a 72.47a 72.22b 72.95b 1.605 < 0.001
 d 35 75.58 76.82 75.62 75.43 75.71 0.710 0.596
Viscosity (mPa/s)
 d 24 2.63a 2.50ab 2.45abc 2.37bc 2.28c 0.467 < 0.001
 d 35 2.58a 2.56a 2.41b 2.30c 2.18d 0.326 < 0.001
Values are the mean of eight replicates per treatment.
CON, control diet; CON-X, CON + 3,000 U/kg xylanase; L-X, corn replaced to 2% wheat bran in CON + 3,000 U/kg xylanase; M-X, corn replaced to 4% wheat bran in CON + 3,000 U/kg xylanase; H-X, corn replaced to 8% wheat bran in CON+ 3,000 U/kg xylanase.
Pooled standard error of the mean.
Values in a row with different superscripts differ significantly (p < 0.05).