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Table 8 Apparent ileal digestibility of nutrients (DM basis) in nursery pigs fed diets with increasing levels of xylanase and β-glucanase combination (XG)

From: Investigation of the nutritional and functional roles of a combinational use of xylanase and β-glucanase on intestinal health and growth of nursery pigs

Item 

XG, (TXU/TGU)/kg

SEMb 

P value

 

0

280/125

560/250a

840/375

1,120/500

 

Linear

Quadratic

Dry matter, %

49.3

54.8

59.3

56.3

58.2

3.2

0.072

0.246

Gross energy, %

59.0

63.5

66.0

63.5

65.1

2.7

0.187

0.315

Crude protein, %

60.5

69.2

69.0

62.0

67.4

2.6

0.444

0.208

Ether extract, %

58.4

62.5

58.1

62.1

70.6

5.0

0.137

0.361

  1. aAn observation of pigs fed a diet with 560/250 (TXU/TGU)/kg was removed from the data set for the final analysis as the observation confirmed as an outlier; experimental unit was a pig and each level had 8 replicates (totaling 40 observations)
  2. bSEM Standard error of the means
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Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

ISSN: 2049-1891