Table 4.

Digestible energy (DE) and Metabolizable energy (ME) in corn, pistachio shell powder, and soybean hulls fed to gestating sows¹ (experiment 1)

Item, %	Corn	Pistachio shell powder	Soybean hulls	SEM	P-value
As-fed basis, kcal/kg
DE	3,578a	2,669c	3,277b	56	<0.001
ME	3,490a	2,580b	3,258a	66	<0.001
Dry matter basis, kcal/kg
DE	4,076a	2,699c	3,665b	62	<0.001
ME	3,976a	2,606c	3,645b	73	<0.001
Digestibility and metabolizability
DE:gross energy	94.26a	60.96c	86.10b	1.30	< 0.001
ME:DE	97.53	96.63	99.45	1.25	0.287
ME:gross energy	91.93a	58.92c	85.61b	1.53	<0.001

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

¹Each least square mean represents 8 observations per diet.