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).