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. 2023 Aug 3;101:skad260. doi: 10.1093/jas/skad260

Table 4.

Energy value and nutrient apparent total tract digestibility of experimental diets in experiment 1 (dry matter basis)

Item1 Diet SEM P-Value
Basal DDGS SFM OB WB CB SBP AP SH
Energy content, MJ/kg
 Digestible energy 16.01a 15.41b 15.00bcd 15.43b 14.93cd 14.62de 15.26bc 15.07bcd 14.38e 0.10 <0.01
 Metabolizable energy 15.29a 14.50bc 14.45bc 14.80ab 13.64d 13.77cd 14.87ab 14.24bcd 13.76cd 0.17 <0.01
FF, % 8.20f 9.28ef 10.50cd 12.87b 11.18c 9.98de 16.99a 16.57a 16.62a 0.25 <0.01
ATTD, %
 Gross energy 86.91a 82.49b 80.75bc 82.66b 80.43bc 78.54c 82.51bc 80.87bc 79.36c 0.53 <0.01
 Dry matter 87.55a 82.69b 81.03bc 82.49b 80.97bc 78.07d 83.12b 82.29b 79.61cd 0.51 <0.01
 Organic matter 88.91a 84.56b 82.72bc 84.10b 82.79bc 79.68d 85.02b 83.60b 80.77cd 0.50 <0.01
 Crude protein 85.01a 82.08ab 81.50ab 81.07abc 80.54bc 81.38ab 77.23c 78.64bc 81.08abc 0.88 <0.01
 Ether extract 53.99bc 62.39a 42.32d 58.46ab 41.97d 58.79ab 29.92e 46.67cd 47.50cd 1.72 <0.01
 NDF 54.96bcd 50.84cde 48.69de 58.02bc 53.79bcd 43.42e 67.51a 60.32ab 55.88bcd 1.61 <0.01
 ADF 58.55bc 44.78de 42.57e 52.46cd 49.00cde 45.91de 71.14a 65.09ab 49.99cde 2.11 <0.01
 TDF 59.25cd 51.83e 51.91e 60.15bc 53.14de 43.94f 70.35a 65.87ab 60.02bc 1.35 <0.01
 SDF 53.90c 56.66bc 65.20b 81.03a 59.24bc 56.66bc 75.68a 81.58a 63.54b 2.01 <0.01
 IDF 59.74bc 51.41d 50.72d 53.73cd 53.41cd 43.13e 69.43a 62.05b 59.71bc 1.40 <0.01
 Hemicellulose 52.30c 56.63bc 54.82bc 60.38ab 56.33bc 42.27d 64.45a 53.44c 64.84a 1.37 <0.01
 Cellulose 62.62bc 50.12de 46.84de 56.51cd 53.91cde 45.11e 74.70a 66.88ab 51.12de 2.13 <0.01
 NSP 59.99c 54.46de 53.68e 62.06bc 54.74de 44.11f 70.76a 66.63ab 60.36cd 1.35 <0.01
 Insoluble NSP 60.55bc 54.26de 52.58e 56.11cde 54.32cde 43.33f 69.90a 62.99b 60.08bcd 1.36 <0.01
 Non-cellulosic NSP 58.86bc 56.98c 57.03c 63.61ab 55.07c 43.77d 69.13a 66.45a 68.88a 1.31 <0.01

1DDGS, distillers dried grains with solubles; SFM, sunflower meal; OB, oat bran; WB, wheat bran; CB, corn bran; SBP, sugar beet pulp; AP, apple pomace; SH, soybean hulls; DE, digestible energy; ME, metabolizable energy; FF, fermentable fiber; ATTD, apparent total tract digestibility; NDF, neutral detergent fiber; ADF, acid detergent fiber; TDF, total dietary fiber; SDF, soluble dietary fiber; IDF, insoluble dietary fiber; ADL, acid detergent lignin; NSP, non-starch polysaccharides, TDF − ADL; insoluble NSP, NSP − SDF; noncellulosic NSP, NSP − cellulose.

a,b,c,d,e,f,gMeans within a row without a common superscript letter differ (P < 0.05), LSMEANS based on six replicates of six pigs per dietary treatment.