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Table 3 Apparent ileal digestibility of crude protein (CP) and amino acids, %

From: Effect of protease supplementation on apparent ileal crude protein and amino acid digestibility of over-processed soybean meals in broilers

Nutrient

SBM processing

Protease

Experimental diets

 

P-value

SBM

SBM30

SBM60

No

Yes

SBM

SBM + E

SBM30

SBM30 + E

SBM60

SBM60 + E

SEM

P

E

P × E

CP

85.47

72.05

48.19

68.21

68.93

82.36ab

88.59a

67.23bc

76.87ab

55.05cd

41.33d

10.62

< 0.0001

0.83

0.01

Essential amino acids

 Arg

93.25x

89.06x

75.74y

84.67

87.36

91.54

94.95

86.51

91.61

75.96

75.52

5.07

< 0.0001

0.10

0.35

 His

90.24x

82.61y

61.88z

76.71

79.78

87.98

92.50

78.53

86.69

63.63

60.14

7.39

< 0.0001

0.19

0.12

 Ile

87.55x

82.67x

64.84y

76.67

80.03

84.51

90.59

78.81

86.53

66.70

62.97

7.17

< 0.0001

0.14

0.09

 Leu

87.68x

84.26x

68.95y

78.53

82.07

84.47

90.90

80.63

87.89

70.48

67.41

6.59

< 0.0001

0.10

0.09

 Lys

89.76x

77.86y

42.80z

68.68

71.59

87.42

92.11

72.19

83.52

46.44

39.15

10.71

< 0.0001

0.39

0.09

 Met

90.96x

84.29y

66.32z

80.20

80.85

88.61

93.31

82.12

86.47

69.87

62.78

7.00

< 0.0001

0.77

0.06

 Phe

91.53x

89.46x

80.36y

85.53

88.71

89.03

94.03

86.57

92.36

81.00

79.73

4.27

< 0.0001

0.02

0.08

 Thr

81.23x

71.04x

42.22y

62.22

67.44

77.16

85.31

64.67

77.41

44.83

39.60

12.05

< 0.0001

0.17

0.14

 Trp

82.41

74.25

39.15

69.86

60.68

79.33a

85.49a

77.42a

71.08ab

52.83b

25.46c

13.72

< 0.0001

0.04

0.01

 Val

86.84x

80.88x

61.23y

74.56

78.07

83.58

90.10

76.56

85.19

63.55

58.91

7.92

< 0.0001

0.17

0.08

Non-essential amino acids

 Ala

86.28x

79.36x

55.59y

72.13

75.36

82.96

89.60

74.82

83.91

58.60

52.58

9.14

< 0.0001

0.26

0.08

 Asp

86.73x

69.56y

30.80z

60.45

64.28

83.92

89.54

62.95

76.16

34.47

27.13

13.09

< 0.0001

0.35

0.13

 Cys

77.66x

63.55x

13.36y

50.30

52.75

70.78

84.54

58.79

68.30

21.31

5.40

16.67

< 0.0001

0.64

0.06

 Glu

90.81x

82.44y

60.54z

76.99

78.87

88.85

92.78

78.38

86.51

63.74

57.33

7.63

< 0.0001

0.43

0.05

 Gly

82.22

69.09

37.73

61.11

64.92

77.96ab

86.49a

61.92bc

76.26ab

43.44cd

32.01d

12.60

< 0.0001

0.34

0.03

 Pro

86.72

77.04

50.25

68.80

73.87

82.82ab

90.61a

70.08b

84.00ab

53.49c

47.00c

13.56

< 0.0001

0.10

0.03

 Ser

84.26x

75.34x

51.45y

67.80

72.90

80.47

88.06

69.12

81.57

53.82

49.08

10.32

< 0.0001

0.12

0.10

 Tyr

89.02x

85.46x

66.78y

77.83

83.01

85.02

93.02

81.98

88.94

66.50

67.06

6.13

< 0.0001

0.01

0.24

  1. Abbreviations: SEM standard error of the mean, P soybean meal processing, E enzyme supplementation
  2. a,b,c,dMeans with different superscript letters within a row are significantly different (P < 0.05)
  3. x,y,zMeans with different superscript letters within a row are significantly different (P < 0.05)