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Table 6 Effect of enzyme1 supplementation in poultry diet on the relative weight of digestive organs (%)

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

d 16

d 23

 

Duodenum

Jejunum

Ileum

Liver

Pancreas

Duodenum

Jejunum

Ileum

Liver

Pancreas

Control

1.48a

2.60

1.93

1.08

0.45

1.27

2.22ab

1.82

2.31

0.40ab

Enzyme A

1.37a

2.18

1.73

1.13

0.41

1.10

1.92cd

1.33

2.31

0.35bc

Enzyme B

1.20b

2.29

1.83

1.19

0.42

1.12

2.35a

1.65

2.41

0.42a

Enzyme C

1.40a

2.30

1.57

1.03

0.40

1.14

2.06abc

1.66

2.42

0.37abc

Enzyme D

1.41a

2.14

1.65

1.14

0.41

1.21

2.05bc

1.67

2.46

0.35bc

Enzyme E

1.38a

2.19

1.56

1.13

0.40

1.09

1.73d

1.50

2.34

0.34c

SEM

0.021

0.050

0.047

0.024

0.010

0.030

0.049

0.057

0.037

0.009

P-value

0.001

0.072

0.077

0.542

0.848

0.488

0.001

0.180

0.805

0.033

  1. 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), respectively