Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Table 3 Effect of enzyme¹ supplementation in poultry diet on starch digestibility

From: Supplementation of amylase combined with glucoamylase or protease changes intestinal microbiota diversity and benefits for broilers fed a diet of newly harvested corn

Treatments	Proximal ileum			Distal ileum
	Amylose, %	Amylopectin, %	Total starch, %	Amylose, %	Amylopectin, %	Total starch, %
Control	95.64	93.38	93.82	97.86	93.89^c	94.87^c
Enzyme A	97.06	95.13	95.38	97.61	96.12^abc	96.51^abc
Enzyme B	97.47	97.09	97.20	97.80	97.08^ab	97.29^ab
Enzyme C	97.93	96.27	96.71	97.93	97.58^a	97.67^a
Enzyme D	96.33	94.71	94.74	97.29	94.12^bc	94.94^bc
Enzyme E	97.39	96.51	96.73	98.47	97.30^a	97.60^a
SEM	0.550	0.647	0.607	0.416	0.592	0.492
P-value	0.266	0.256	0.080	0.671	0.033	0.025

¹Enzyme A (1,500 U/g α-amylase); Enzyme B (Enzyme A + 300 U/g amylopectase + 20,000 U/g glucoamylase); Enzyme C (Enzyme B + protease 10,000 U/g); Enzyme D (Enzyme C + 15,000 U/g xylanase); Enzyme E (Enzyme D + 200 U/ g cellulase + 1,000 U/g pectinase)

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ISSN: 2049-1891

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