Table 8.
Effect of chlorine dioxide on the gas production and composition of chicken feces after 14 days incubation (Experiment 2)

Items CON1 PC2 T20003 T30004 SEM5 P-value
Total gas (mL/g DM) 353.2b 21.57a 9.84a 8.15a 4.056 <0.01
NH3 (ppm) 24.75b ND6 ND ND 0.668 <0.01
NH3 (μL/g DM) 874.3b ND ND ND 0.028 <0.01
H2S (ppm) 61.00b ND ND ND 1.744 <0.01
H2S (μL/g DM) 2,156b ND ND ND 0.074 <0.01
CON=distilled water.
PC=commercial germicide.
T2000=ClO2 (2,000 ppm) solution.
T3000=ClO2 (3,000 ppm) solution.
SEM=standard error of the mean.
ND=not detected.
Different superscripts within row are significantly different (P<0.05).