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Table 4 Effect of the enzyme (E) and dietary pawpaw leaf meal (PLM) on apparent digestibility (%) from 49 to 53 days of age

From: Effect of pawpaw leaf meal and multi-enzyme supplementation in the diet on performance, digestibility, and oxidative enzyme status of rabbits

 

Experimental diets

SEM

P

PLM

E

0PLM-E

(diet 1)

0PLM + E

(diet 2)

10PLM-E

(diet 3)

10PLM + E

(diet 4)

SEM

P

SEM

P

Dry matter

65.19

63.71

65.17

64.10

0.78

0.92

1.27

0.81

1.27

0.58

Organic matter

63.79

64.10

63.07

63.90

0.73

0.98

1.21

0.79

1.21

0.74

Crude protein

69.44b

75.63a

73.41ab

76.85a

0.99

0.01

0.87

0.06

0.87

0.01

Crude fiber

27.68

30.92

27.19

27.32

0.81

0.35

1.11

0.22

1.11

0.31

Ether extract

72.17

70.69

72.58

70.11

1.06

0.86

1.67

0.97

1.67

0.42

Starch

70.14b

76.65a

70.92b

76.89a

1.10

0.01

0.95

0.71

0.95

0.01

NDF

29.53

30.59

27.92

29.70

0.77

0.74

1.19

0.48

1.19

0.43

ADF

18.60

19.34

19.52

19.43

0.60

0.96

0.99

0.72

0.99

0.82

  1. Means with different superscripts in the same row are significant (P < 0.05)
  2. FI feed intake, NDF neutral detergent fiber, ADF acid detergent fiber