Table 4. Effects of different dietary non-starch polysaccharide (NSP) level diets on carcass composition of broilers on day 351)
Items | Treatments2) | SEM3) | p-value |
CON | CON-X | L-X | M-X | H-X |
Leg meat (%) |
Moisture | 70.51e | 71.42c | 70.78d | 73.15a | 72.42b | 1.072 | <0.001 |
Crude protein | 19.14 | 19.48 | 20.15 | 19.55 | 18.99 | 0.638 | 0.463 |
Crude fat | 8.19a | 7.79b | 7.67b | 7.72b | 6.16c | 1.087 | <0.001 |
Ash | 1.13 | 1.17 | 1.24 | 1.20 | 1.21 | 0.712 | 0.587 |
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).