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Table 2 Effects of dietary mannanoligosaccharide supplementation on the total tract apparent digestibility of nutrients and body weight gain of dogs

From: Effect of dietary mannanoligosaccharide supplementation on nutrient digestibility, hindgut fermentation, immune response and antioxidant indices in dogs

Attributes

Dietary groups

Significance

CON

MOS

Palatability scorea

1.43 ± 0.11

1.50 ± 0.19

NS

Digestibility (%)

 Dry matter

82.1 ± 1.38

83.6 ± 0.63

NS

 Crude protein

80.0 ± 2.06

76.1 ± 3.62

NS

 Crude fat

90.9 ± 2.79

91.9 ± 1.31

NS

 Crude fibre

51.7 ± 1.26

55.2 ± 0.82

NS

 Nitrogen free extract

79.9 ± 1.82

81.1 ± 0.64

NS

Body weight changes (kg)

 Initial

4.31 ± 0.33

4.27 ± 0.38

NS

 Final

6.07 ± 0.32

6.11 ± 0.42

NS

 Net gain

1.76 ± 0.55

1.84 ± 0.32

NS

  1. CON control diet, MOS control diet + mannanoligosaccharide at 15 g/kg diet
  2. aBased on 1–4 point scale
  3. NS non-significant; P > 0.05
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Journal of Animal Science and Technology

ISSN: 2055-0391