Table 3.
Nutrient digestibility of growth-finishing swine reared under digital livestock system.
Items | Groups 1 | |||||
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CON | CON0.4 | DLSC | DLS0.4 | SEM 2 | P -value | |
Dry matter, % | 89.22c | 91.37b | 92.12b | 93.04a | 3.015 | 0.021 |
Crude protein, % | 88.21c | 90.79b | 91.04b | 92.85a | 3.507 | 0.027 |
Ether extract, % | 77.71d | 80.16c | 83.45b | 87.32a | 2.365 | 0.030 |
Crude ash, % | 76.52b | 77.56b | 78.01b | 80.20a | 2.880 | 0.017 |
CON (control group with a conventional livestock system without a probiotic mixture), CON0.4 (conventional livestock system with a 0.4% probiotic mixture), DLSC (digital livestock system without a probiotic mixture), and DLS0.4 (digital livestock system with a 0.4% probiotic mixture).
Standard error of mean values, n = 6.
Mean values with different superscripts are significantly different at P < 0.05.