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Table 6 Ceca 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

Ceca weight1*

3.5 (0.4)

3.6 (0.3)

4.1 (0.5)

3.9 (0.9)

3.4 (0.3)

3.0 (0.4)

3.2 (0.4

3.8 (0.6)

0.01

Digesta weight1*

3.2 (0.7)

3.1 (0.7)

3.8 (1.2)

3.6 (1.4)

4.5 (0.9)

4.1 (0.8)

3.3 (0.9)

3.5 (1.2)

0.238

Ammonia2**

0.34 (0.27–0.41)

0.38 (0.28–0.44)

0.33 (0.25–0.46)

0.21 (0.19–0.3)

0.27 (0.24–0.3)

0.23 (0.21–0.26)

0.24 (0.19–0.24)

0.22 (0.19–0.28)

0.003

Dry matter3*

17.2 (2.1)

16.4 (3.5)

18.8 (3.3)

15.1 (3.4)

16.8 (2.2)

17.9 (3.8)

15.7 (2.6)

17.6 (3)

0.486

pH*

6.5 (0.2)

6.6 (0.2)

6.7 (0.3)

6.5 (0.2)

6.1 (0.3)

6.4 (0.6)

6.4 (0.3)

6.4 (0.32)

0.078

Acetic acid4*

78.7 (8.1)

70.7 (11.6)

68.1 (11.6)

87.2 (6.1)

92.2 (7.2)

86.3 (8.8)

90.1 (11.1)

82 (9.7)

< 0.001

Propionic acid4*

6.6 (1.8)

5.2 (1.5)

5.4 (1.6)

5.0 (0.6)

3.4 (1.1)

3.0 (0.9)

2.9 (0.7)

2.9 (1.1)

< 0.001

Isobutyric acid4**

0.78 (0.37–0.9)

0.72 (0.63–0.77)

0.74 (0.69–0.9)

0.51 (0.33–0.63)

0.51 (0.35–0.59)

0.33 (0.23–0.74)

0.35 (0.27–0.42)

0.39 (0.29–0.63)

0.011

Butyric acid4*

16.9 (3.2)

11.1 (3)

11.7 (3.3)

16.1 (3.5)

19 (2.4)

20.9 (3.5)

19.6 (4.3)

20.2 (3.3)

< 0.001

Isovaleric acid4**

0.78 (0.52–0.85)

0.87 (0.76–1.1)

0.85 (0.35–0.91)

0.42 (0.31–0.53)

0.42 (0.25–0.58)

0.29 (0.19–0.31)

0.28 (0.2–0.29)

0.25 (0.2–0.37)

< 0.001

Valeric acid4*

1.16 (0.33)

0.96 (0.26)

0.93 (0.25)

0.98 (0.24)

0.93 (0.19)

0.81 (0.21)

0.78 (0.23)

0.86 (0.17)

0.204

Putrefactive short chain fatty acid4**

2.7 (1.8–3.1)

2.5 (2.3–3.1)

2.5 (2.3–3.1)

1.8 (1.6–2.4)

1.9 (1.5–2.1)

1.5 (1.2–1.8)

1.4 (1.2–1.7)

1.7 (1.5–1.8)

0.002

Short chain fatty acid4*

104.7 (7.9)

89.6 (14.5)

88.2 (16.2)

110.2 (9.6)

116.5 (8.3)

111.7 (11.9)

113.9 (12.5)

107 (12.6)

< 0.001

  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 mg/g of protein. 3 expressed as percentage. 4 μmol/g of digesta. *mean (SD), **median (RI)
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