Table 5. Effect of dietary palm kernel meal (PKM) and β-xylanase supplementation on fatty liver incidence of laying hens
Item | Fatty liver |
Liver color1) | Lipid concentration (%) |
Score | L* | a* | b* |
Xylanase (%) | PKM (%) |
0 | 0 | 2.1 | 32.5 | 22.1 | 12.4 | 34.7 |
10 | 1.9 | 33.3 | 18.9 | 13.2 | 33.0 |
0.025 | 0 | 2.9 | 34.0 | 20.1 | 15.2 | 32.9 |
10 | 2.4 | 32.4 | 21.1 | 12.0 | 33.9 |
SEM | 0.36 | 1.73 | 1.01 | 1.93 | 1.73 |
Main effect |
Xylanase (%) |
0 | 2.0 | 32.9 | 20.5 | 12.8 | 33.8 |
0.025 | 2.7 | 33.2 | 20.6 | 13.6 | 33.5 |
SEM | 0.25 | 1.23 | 0.71 | 1.36 | 1.22 |
PKM (%) |
0 | 2.5 | 33.3 | 21.1 | 13.8 | 33.8 |
10 | 2.2 | 32.8 | 20.0 | 12.6 | 33.5 |
SEM | 0.25 | 1.23 | 0.71 | 1.36 | 1.22 |
Effect (p-value) |
Xylanase | 0.077 | 0.872 | 0.951 | 0.693 | 0.807 |
PKM | 0.345 | 0.800 | 0.273 | 0.550 | 0.854 |
Xylanase × PKM | 0.604 | 0.488 | 0.051 | 0.320 | 0.451 |
Liver score was measured by the scale and CIE [13,23].