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

Table 4 Effect of enzyme¹ supplementation in poultry diet on serum biochemical indices

Treatments	Glu, mmol/L		TG, mmol/L		TC, mmol/L		TBA, mmol/L
	16 d	23 d	16 d	23 d	16 d	23 d	16 d	23 d
Control	11.69^c	13.31	0.77	0.46	2.51^c	2.85	4.45^a	5.60^a
Enzyme A	12.40^bc	12.96	0.48	0.39	2.84^bc	2.91	3.48^ab	3.84^abc
Enzyme B	12.63^ab	12.22	0.52	0.44	2.86^bc	2.71	4.05^a	2.16^c
Enzyme C	13.30^a	12.28	0.55	0.48	3.24^ab	2.81	2.75^ab	5.03^ab
Enzyme D	12.67^ab	13.66	0.53	0.44	2.98^ab	3.08	3.17^ab	3.09^bc
Enzyme E	12.88^ab	12.56	0.54	0.39	3.34^a	3.14	1.86^b	3.70^abc
SEM	0.132	0.173	0.033	0.014	0.070	0.081	0.246	0.350
P-value	0.010	0.080	0.123	0.327	0.004	0.664	0.033	0.047

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)
Glu glucose, TG triglyceride TC total cholesterol, TBA total bile acid

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