Table 8. The effect of xylanase addition in the poultry diet on leg meat (%)

Treatment NC-11) NC-2 NC-3 NCX-1 NCX-2 NCX-3 PC SEM p-value
Day 24
 Moisture 71.71 72.28 70.34 72.31 72.14 74.38 71.80 1.355 0.208
 Crude protein 19.44ab 19.95ab 19.52ab 20.57b 19.65ab 18.93a 19.75ab 0.347 0.006
 Crude fat 5.26 5.75 5.47 4.56 6.15 5.39 5.51 0.919 0.756
 Ash 1.23 1.26 1.33 1.31 1.26 1.15 1.22 0.064 0.158
Day 35
 Moisture 70.06 68.86 68.77 69.56 65.88 67.36 66.57 1.669 0.155
 Crude protein 19.64 19.47 19.77 18.73 19.04 18.62 19.32 0.769 0.674
 Crude fat 5.03 5.44 6.39 4.29 5.65 4.14 6.95 1.517 0.945
 Ash 1.26 1.30 1.19 1.17 1.21 1.20 1.14 0.071 0.320
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).