Table 4.
The DE, ME and digestibility of nutrients in the diets for growing pigs.
| Corn | Wheat | Rice | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | SEM | p-Value |
| As-fed basis | |||||||||||||||
| DE, MJ/kg | 14.45 a | 14.08 abc | 13.32 def | 13.62 cd | 13.76 bcd | 13.44 de | 13.71 cd | 14.19 ab | 12.35 g | 13.55 d | 14.37 a | 13.07 ef | 12.94 f | 0.07 | <0.01 |
| ME, MJ/kg | 14.72 a | 13.75 abc | 12.99 def | 13.26 cde | 13.47 bcd | 13.09 def | 13.25 cde | 13.87 ab | 12.23 g | 13.14 def | 14.08 a | 12.81 ef | 12.66 fg | 0.08 | <0.01 |
| DM basis | |||||||||||||||
| DE, MJ/kg | 16.18 a | 15.96 ab | 15.31 cde | 15.55bc | 15.88 ab | 15.25 cde | 15.42 bcd | 16.16 a | 13.96 f | 14.89 de | 16.23 a | 14.87 e | 14.75 e | 0.08 | <0.01 |
| ME MJ/kg | 15.87 a | 15.59 ab | 14.93 cd | 15.14 bc | 15.54 ab | 14.85 cd | 14.90 cd | 15.80 a | 13.82 e | 14.44 d | 15.90 a | 14.57 cd | 14.53 d | 0.08 | <0.01 |
| ME, /DE | 98.09 ab | 97.66 ab | 97.50 ab | 97.36 ab | 97.87 ab | 97.40 ab | 96.59 b | 97.75 ab | 99.01 a | 96.96 b | 97.98 ab | 98.00 ab | 97.80 ab | 0.11 | <0.01 |
| Apparent total tract digestibility, % | |||||||||||||||
| GE | 87.77 bcd | 90.27 abc | 86.07 def | 86.96 de | 87.72 bcd | 87.58 cde | 87.17 de | 93.28 a | 81.96 g | 72.5 h | 90.75 ab | 84.57 efg | 83.83 fg | 0.58 | <0.01 |
| DM | 88.43 bc | 91.16 ab | 87.52 c | 87.90 c | 88.58 bc | 88.54 bc | 87.47 c | 93.83 a | 81.77 d | 67.38 e | 90.32 bc | 83.86 d | 83.47 d | 0.73 | <0.01 |
| Ash | 45.83 abc | 50.12 ab | 53.86 a | 46.04 abc | 41.99 abcd | 48.39 ab | 36.87 bcde | 57.33 a | 35.24 bcde | 22.50 e | 30.52 cde | 27.35 de | 22.51 e | 1.55 | <0.01 |
| NDF | 55.09 ab | 54.12 ab | 50.96 b | 56.32 ab | 54.82 ab | 64.21 a | 56.78 ab | 58.91 ab | 25.61 cd | 17.79 d | 63.27 ab | 28.10 cd | 31.24 c | 1.86 | <0.01 |
| ADF | 50.39 a | 47.27 a | 9.31 cd | 49.78 a | 57.60 a | 40.74 ab | 25.80 bc | 40.70 ab | 15.60 cd | 7.31 d | 13.01 cd | 11.97 cd | 17.35 cd | 2.22 | <0.01 |
| CP | 76.36 de | 83.01 abcd | 73.89 e | 77.70 cde | 78.48 cde | 87.58 a | 83.63 abc | 86.81 ab | 77.19 cde | 66.23 f | 80.33 bcde | 78.32 cde | 78.38 cde | 0.71 | <0.01 |
In the same row, values with different small letter superscripts are significantly different (p < 0.05), while those with the same letter or no superscripts are not significantly different (p > 0.05). n = 6. ADF, acid detergent fiber; CP, crude protein; DM, dry matter; EE, ether extract; GE, gross energy; NDF, neutral detergent fiber; SEM, standard error of the mean.