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Table 3 In vitro ileal digestibility of dry matter for fractions of corn grains with or without the enzyme complex, experiment 2

From: An enzyme complex increases in vitro dry matter digestibility of corn and wheat in pigs

Item

Digestibility,  %

SEM

p value

Control

Enzyme complex additiona

Starch

66.5

82.6

1.3

<0.001

Germ

58.8

61.6

0.4

0.001

Hull

55.3

56.5

0.3

0.015

Gluten

64.2

59.9

1.7

0.105

  1. Each mean represents 6 observations
  2. SEM standard error of the means
  3. aThe enzyme complex was added at 1.0 %. The enzyme complex consisted of β-pentosanase, β-glucanase, α-amylase and protease (6000 EPU/g, 32,000, 17,600 and 142 EU/g, respectively)