Table 3.

Apparent total tract digestibility of dry matter, gross energy, total dietary fiber, and digestible energy and metabolizable energy in experimental diets fed to gestating sows¹ (experiment 1), as-fed basis

Item, %	Basal diet	Pistachio shell powder	Soybean hulls	SEM	P-value
Intake
Diet, kg/d	2.51b	2.78a	2.75a	0.05	0.004
GE, Mcal/d	9.33b	10.65a	10.18a	0.20	0.001
TDF, kg/d	0.32c	0.81a	0.66b	0.01	<0.001
Fecal excretion
Dry feces output, kg/d	0.16c	0.35a	0.20b	0.01	<0.001
GE, kcal/d	662c	1,526a	829b	41	<0.001
TDF, %	33.17c	74.26a	36.76b	0.87	<0.001
TDF, kg/d	0.06c	0.26a	0.07b	0.01	<0.001
Urine excretion
Urine output, kg/d	8.87a	3.20b	5.03ab	1.44	0.032
GE, kcal/d	214	241	198	23	0.433
ATTD of DM, %	92.93a	86.23b	91.98a	0.33	<0.001
ATTD of GE, %	92.90a	85.69b	91.84a	0.34	<0.001
ATTD of TDF, %	82.94b	67.92c	88.68a	0.85	<0.001
Energy in diets, kcal/kg
DE	3,452a	3,280c	3,402b	13	<0.001
ME	3,366a	3,194b	3,330a	15	<0.001

^a-cWithin a row, means without a common superscript differ (P < 0.05).

¹Each least square mean represents 8 observations per diet.