Table 4.
Fecal score of nursery pigs fed diets with soy protein concentrate, enzyme processed soy protein, and fermented soybean meal replacing animal protein supplementsa
| Item | Treatment | SEM | P value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CON | SPCb | ESBb | FSBLb | FSBBb | CON vs. SPC | CON vs. ESB | CON vs. FSBL | CON vs. FSBB | ||
| Fecal score | ||||||||||
| Phase 1 (d 0 to 7) | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 0.320 | 0.589 | 0.292 | 0.756 |
| Phase 2 (d 7 to 20) | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 0.889 | 0.525 | 0.452 | 0.783 |
| Phase 3 (d 20 to 39) | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | < 0.1 | 0.225 | 0.738 | 0.693 | 0.186 |
an = 12
bSPC, ESB, FSBL, and FSBB: basal diet with soy protein concentrate (X-Soy 200, CJ Selecta, Araguari, MG, Brazil), enzyme-treated soybean meal (HP 300, Hamlet Protein Inc., Findlay, OH, USA), fermented soybean meal with Lactobacillus (FerMex 200, Purina Animal Nutrition, Shoreview, SD, USA), and fermented soybean meal with Bacillus (Soytide, CJ Bio, Jung-gu, Seoul, Korea), replacing 1/3, 2/3, 3/3 of animal protein supplements in P1, P2, P3, respectively