Impact of coccidiostat and phytase supplementation on gut microbiota composition and phytate degradation in broiler chickens

Table 2 Effect of the experimental diets on precaecal nutrient digestibility, InsP₆ disappearance¹, and foot ash²

	P digestibility	Ca digestibility	CP digestibility	Crop InsP₆ disappearance	Ileum InsP₆ disappearance	Foot ash	Foot ash
	%	%	%	%	%	mg	% of DM
P/Ca-Phy-Coc-	47.1	64.0	77.6^de	-1.7	47.7	568^e	9.4^f
P/Ca-Phy-Coc+	48.0	61.1	77.5^de	4.5	48.6	639^d	9.9^e
P/Ca-Phy+Coc-	76.1	62.8	76.2^e	71.4	88.0	1079^c	13.3^d
P/Ca-Phy+Coc+	76.4	60.1	81.6^abc	80.5	86.6	1074^c	13.1^d
P/Ca+Phy-Coc-	45.7	39.9	79.7^bcd	-0.7	11.6	1146^b	14.4^b
P/Ca+Phy-Coc+	46.5	44.6	82.1^ab	2.8	12.6	1077^c	13.9^c
P/Ca+Phy+Coc-	63.0	39.3	79.5^cd	63.9	77.3	1277^a	14.9^a
P/Ca+Phy+Coc+	64.8	39.5	82.4^a	70.9	76.2	1281^a	14.8^a
P/Ca-Phy-Coc±³	47.3	63.1	76.5	-0.1	50.3	606	9.5
pooled SEM	1.92	1.54	1.28	5.51	2.77	22.2	0.12
	P-values
P/Ca	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.286	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Phytase	<0.001	0.079	0.277	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Coccidostat	0.489	0.854	<0.001	0.126	0.927	0.977	0.257
P/Ca×Phy	<0.001	0.437	0.282	0.327	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
P/Ca×Coc	0.793	0.024	0.968	0.770	0.970	0.013	0.024
Phy×Coc	0.937	0.354	0.022	0.696	0.565	0.940	0.525
P/Ca×Phy×Coc	0.757	0.295	0.050	0.964	0.982	0.005	0.002

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