Table 10. Digesta analysis for viscosity and protein digestibility

Treatment NC-11) NC-2 NC-3 NCX-1 NCX-2 NCX-3 PC SEM p-value
Viscosity (mPa/s)
 Day 24 2.76cde 2.84de 2.93e 2.65abc 2.55ab 2.48a 2.73bcd 0.061 0.001
 Day 35 2.64cd 2.78de 2.86e 2.56abc 2.44ab 2.38a 2.62bcd 0.062 0.001
Protein digestibility (%)
 Day 24 81.87b 81.87b 77.22a 79.62ab 80.52ab 81.52b 81.47b 0.003 0.011
 Day 35 77.62ab 77.8ab 76.90a 82.12b 80.75ab 80.75ab 82.02ab 0.009 0.016
NC-1, −40 kcal/kg ME reduced from PC diet; NC-2, −80 kcal/kg ME reduced from PC diet; NC-3, −120 kcal/kg ME reduced from PC diet; NCX-1, NC-3 diet with 1,500 U/kg xylanase; NCX-2, NC-3 diet with 3,000 U/kg xylanase; NCX-3, NC-3 diet with 4,500 U/kg xylanase; PC, energy sufficient diet.
Values in a row with different superscripts differ significantly (p < 0.05).