Table 6. Effect of feed form and enzyme supplementation on mineral contents (mg/kg) of tibia bones
Feed form | Enzyme | Ash (%) | Ca | P | K | Mg | S | Zn |
Mash | No enzyme | 43.0c | 402.3 | 183.1 | 9.0abc | 7.7 | 2.4 | 366.8bc |
AXB | 43.5bc | 403.1 | 183.3 | 8.9bc | 7.6 | 2.3 | 349.7bc |
QB | 43.8bc | 402.9 | 183.5 | 9.5a | 7.4 | 2.4 | 459.1a |
AXB + QB | 45.3ab | 403.3 | 184.0 | 9.4ab | 7.6 | 2.3 | 464.6a |
Pellet | No enzyme | 43.9bc | 404.1 | 183.2 | 8.8c | 7.6 | 2.3 | 321.9c |
AXB | 44.2abc | 406.5 | 183.5 | 8.9bc | 7.6 | 2.4 | 349.8bc |
QB | 45.7a | 403.1 | 182.9 | 9.3abc | 7.3 | 2.4 | 475.8a |
AXB + QB | 445.9a | 403.9 | 182.7 | 9.5a | 7.4 | 2.4 | 413.4ab |
SEM | 0.20 | 0.67 | 0.23 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 10.5 |
Significance | | | | | | | |
Feed form | 0.002 | 0.295 | 0.357 | 0.478 | 0.265 | 0.972 | 0.162 |
Enzyme | 0.001 | 0.816 | 0.976 | 0.005 | 0.112 | 0.751 | 0.001 |
Feed form x enzyme | 0.392 | 0.854 | 0.671 | 0.684 | 0.446 | 0.585 | 0.246 |
Means with different superscripts within the columns are significantly different (p < 0.05).
Values are means of 6 replicates (10 birds per replicate).
AXB, axtra XB (xylanase and beta-glucanase composite); QB, quantum blue (phytase); SEM, standard error of the mean.