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).