Table 1.
Ingredients and calculated nutrient levels (%) of experimental diets.
Table 2.
Effects of diet medication and β-glucanase on β-glucan molecular weight in ileal content of broiler chickens.
Table 3.
Effects of diet medication and β-glucanase on the viscosity of ileal supernatant in broiler chickens.
Table 4.
Effects of diet medication and β-glucanase on ileal digesta short chain fatty acids of broiler chickens at 28 days of age (Experiment 1).
Table 5.
Effects of diet medication and β-glucanase on caecal short chain fatty acids of broiler chickens aged 28 days (Experiment 1).
Table 6.
Effects of diet medication and β-glucanase on gastro-intestinal pH of broiler chickens at day 28 (Experiment 1).
Table 7.
Effects of diet medication and β-glucanase on gastro-intestinal tissue weights and lengths (proportional to body weight) of broiler chickens at d 28 (Experiment 1).
Table 8.
Effects of diet medication and β-glucanase on gastro-intestinal content and organ weights as a percentage of body weight of broiler chickens at d 28 (Experiment 1).
Table 9.
Effects of diet medication and β-glucanase on body weight gain, feed intake and feed efficiency of broiler chickens (Experiment 1).
Fig 1.
Beta-glucan molecular weight distribution in soluble ileal digesta from 11 d broilers fed 60% hulless barley diets in Experiment 2.
Blue lines denote point 1e4 on the x-axis and red lines indicate the Mp of the distribution curve. (A) Without medication, 0% β-glucanase (B) Without medication, 0.1% β-glucanase (C) With medication, 0% β-glucanase.
Table 10.
Effects of diet medication and β-glucanase on ileal short chain fatty acids of broiler chickens aged 11 days (Experiment 2).
Table 11.
Effects of diet medication and β-glucanase on caecal short chain fatty acids of broiler chickens aged 11 days (Experiment 2).
Table 12.
Effects of diet medication and β-glucanase on ileal short chain fatty acids of broiler chickens aged 33 days (Experiment 2).
Table 13.
Effects of diet medication and β-glucanase on caecal short chain fatty acids of broiler chickens aged 33 days (Experiment 2).
Table 14.
Effects of diet medication and diet on gastro-intestinal pH of broiler chickens (Experiment 2).
Table 15.
Effects of medication and β-glucanase on histomorphology responses in the ileum of broiler chickens (Experiment 2).
Table 16.
Effects of diet medication and β-glucanase on gastro-intestinal tissue weights and lengths (proportional to body weight) of broiler chickens at day 11 (Experiment 2).
Table 17.
Effects of diet medication and β-glucanase on gastro-intestinal tissue weights and lengths (proportional to body weight) of broiler chickens at day 33 (Experiment 2).
Table 18.
Effects of diet medication and β-glucanase on gastro-intestinal content and organ weights as a percentage of body weight of broiler chickens at day 11 (Experiment 2).
Table 19.
Effects of diet medication and β-glucanase on gastro-intestinal content and organ weights as a percentage of body weight of broiler chickens at day 33 (Experiment 2).
Table 20.
Effects of diet medication and β-glucanase on body weight gain, feed intake and feed efficiency of broiler chickens vaccinated for coccidiosis (Experiment 2).