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

Table 3 Effect of the experimental diets on P_i, Ca, ALP and myo-inositol in the blood¹

	P_i	Ca	ALP	Myo-inositol
	mmol/l	mmol/l	U/l	mmol/l
P/Ca-Phy-Coc-	1.2	3.1	9239	0.33
P/Ca-Phy-Coc+	1.4	3.3	6525	0.31
P/Ca-Phy+Coc-	2.2	2.6	7368	0.48
P/Ca-Phy+Coc+	2.5	2.6	6281	0.40
P/Ca+Phy-Coc-	2.6	2.6	6753	0.23
P/Ca+Phy-Coc+	2.5	2.7	4292	0.22
P/Ca+Phy+Coc-	2.7	2.5	4745	0.39
P/Ca+Phy+Coc+	2.9	2.6	4407	0.43
P/Ca-Phy-Coc±²	1.2	2.9	8457	0.30
pooled SEM	0.09	0.12	657.7	0.023
	P-values
P/Ca	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Phytase	<0.001	<0.001	0.031	<0.001
Coccidostat	0.056	0.231	0.001	0.296
P/Ca×Phy	<0.001	0.001	0.904	0.071
P/Ca×Coc	0.173	0.954	0.586	0.054
Phy×Coc	0.199	0.412	0.044	0.851
P/Ca×Phy×Coc	0.515	0.397	0.787	0.082

¹P_i: inorganic phosphate, Ca: calcium and ALP: alkaline phosphatase in blood serum; myo-inositol in blood plasma; n=14 birds
²Additional treatment, was not part of the three-factorial analysis

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