Table 7. Effect of feed form and enzyme supplementation to broiler chickens on digestibility of indispensable amino acids

Feed form Enzyme Arg His Ile Leu Ly Met Thr Phe Val
Mash No enzyme 0.88d 0.80d 0.78d 0.67d 0.83c 0.91c 0.76d 0.83d 0.79bc
AXB 0.92abc 0.82cd 0.84abc 0.75abc 0.88ab 0.94ab 0.83abc 0.89abc 0.83ab
QB 0.91c 0.83bcd 0.82bcd 0.68cd 0.86bc 0.92bc 0.80cd 0.86c 0.78c
AXB + QB 0.92abc 0.81d 0.81cd 0.72bcd 0.87ab 0.93ab 0.83abc 0.87bc 0.80bc
Pellet No enzyme 0.91bc 0.86abc 0.83abc 0.74abc 0.90a 0.93ab 0.81bc 0.88abc 0.82abc
Axtra XB 0.92abc 0.87ab 0.88a 0.79a 0.98ab 0.95a 0.87a 0.90a 0.86a
QB 0.93ab 0.86abc 0.87a 0.78ab 0.89ab 0.93b 0.84ab 0.89ab 0.86a
AXB + QB 0.93a 0.88a 0.86ab 0.77ab 0.90a 0.94ab 0.86a 0.90a 0.87a
SEM 0.003 0.005 0.006 0.008 0.004 0.002 0.005 0.004 0.006
Significance
Feed form 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.001
Enzyme 0.001 0.040 0.001 0.001 0.044 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.008
Feed form x enzyme 0.189 0.141 0.665 0.182 0.007 0.153 0.395 0.040 0.062
Means that do not share a letter superscript 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.