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Table 3 Small intestine parameters of broiler chickens described by diet groups

From: Dried fruit pomace inclusion in poultry diet: growth performance, intestinal morphology and physiology

 

Diet groups

 

General variables

CL

CH

AL

AH

BL

BH

SL

SH

P-value

Small intestine weight1*

21.5 (1.2)

27.1 (4.3)

29.2 (2.2)

31.1 (2.9)

29.2 (2.3)

29.3 (3.6)

28.7 (1.2)

28.7 (4.2)

< 0.001

Digesta weight1*

24.6 (5.6)

19.0 (5.2)

24.1 (6)

26.8 (2.5)

21.4 (3.8)

21.5 (4.4)

24.1 (5.5)

26.2 (3.4)

0.102

Viscosity2**

1.9 (1.7–2)

1.7 (1.6–1.8)

2.3 (2–2.6)

2.2 (2.2–2.5)

1.8 (1.6–2)

1.7 (1.6–1.9)

1.6 (1.4–1.8)

1.7 (1.4–2)

0.003

pH*

0.9 (0.8–1.0)

1.6 (1.5–1.9)

2.3 (1.9–2.9)

1.9 (1.8–2.2)

2 (1.9–2.2)

2.1 (2.0–2.2)

2.3 (2.2–2.4)

2.7 (2.4–3.2)

0.067

Acetic acid3*

0.9 (0.4)

1.7 (0.5)

2.4 (0.6)

2.0 (0.3)

2.1 (0.2)

1.9 (0.7)

2.5 (0.5)

2.8 (0.5)

< 0.001

Butyric acid3**

0.03 (0.01–0.03)

0.03 (0.03–0.04)

0.06 (0.05–0.06)

0.09 (0.08–0.09)

0.09 (0.09–0.1)

0.09 (0.07–0.1)

0.1 (0.1–0.12)

0.12 (0.1–0.13)

< 0.001

Putrefactive short chain fatty acid3**

0.06 (0.03–0.07)

0.08 (0.03–0.1)

0.06 (0.03–0.09)

0.08 (0.07–0.09)

0.02 (0.02–0.03)

0.01 (0.01–0.02)

0.01 (0.01–0.02)

0.01 (0.00–0.01)

< 0.001

Short chain fatty acid3*

1.0 (0.4)

1.9 (0.6)

2.6 (0.7)

2.1 (0.3)

2.2 (0.2)

2.0 (0.8)

2.6 (0.5)

3 (0.5)

< 0.001

α-glucosidase4*

7.3 (1.6)

6.4 (2.1)

3.6 (1.9)

4.3 (1.2)

5.0 (0.9)

6.3 (1.1)

4.8 (1.4)

1.4 (0.4)

< 0.001

Maltase5**

23.3 (19.9–27.6)

19.5 (14.3–20.0)

25.1 (22.4–28.6)

27 (24.6–27.6)

21.8 (18.8–23.3)

21.9 (17.6–23.1)

25.9 (21.8–27.6)

27 (23.2–28.8)

0.078

  1. CL Control diet with 3% of cellulose; CH control diet with 6% of cellulose; AL 3% inclusion level of apple pomace; AH 6% inclusion level of apple pomace; BL 3% inclusion level of blackcurrant pomace; BH 6% inclusion level of blackcurrant pomace; SL 3% inclusion level of strawberry pomace; SH 6% inclusion level of strawberry pomace. SD standard deviation; IR: interquartile range 1 g/kg body weight. 2 mPa·s (milliPascal-second). 3 μmol/g of digesta.4 μmol/h/g (μmol of the product formed per hour per gram of ileal digesta). 5 μmol/min/g of protein. *mean (SD), ** median (RI)