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. 2013 Apr;26(4):579–587. doi: 10.5713/ajas.2012.12612

Table 6.

Effect of energy level and β-mannanase supplementation on apparent total tract digestibility (Exp. 2)1

3,250 kcal/kg DE 3,400 kcal/kg DE SEM2 p-value



0 U/kg mannanase 400 U/kg mannanase 0 U/kg mannanase 400 U/kg mannanase Energy Enzyme Interaction
Day 13 and 14
  Dry matter 77.39 79.42 78.80 82.62 0.49 <0.01 <0.01 0.09
  Crude protein 66.64 69.95 67.73 73.78 0.96 0.02 <0.01 0.17
  Neutral detergent fiber 44.94 57.83 53.43 56.98 1.89 0.04 <0.01 0.07
  Acid detergent fiber 45.16 54.18 53.93 57.86 2.13 0.01 0.01 0.24
  Calcium 37.75 43.94 37.12 43.52 2.81 0.84 0.03 0.97
  Phosphorus 37.88 42.26 41.15 48.60 1.75 0.01 <0.01 0.38
  Gross energy 77.62 78.56 79.52 82.78 0.63 <0.01 <0.01 0.08
Day 27 and 28
  Dry matter 77.51 79.10 79.35 82.90 0.92 0.01 0.01 0.30
  Crude protein 70.15 72.63 72.72 77.63 1.73 0.04 0.05 0.49
  Neutral detergent fiber 52.37 57.32 56.84 62.82 2.02 0.01 <0.01 0.73
  Acid detergent fiber 48.18 53.38 53.24 57.97 2.24 0.03 0.02 0.75
  Calcium 37.85 43.48 39.53 47.21 2.01 0.19 0.01 0.96
  Phosphorus 42.18 43.59 44.09 47.41 1.05 0.01 0.03 0.37
  Gross energy 77.66 79.46 80.23 83.27 0.96 <0.01 0.02 0.53
1

Value represent means of six pens with six pigs per pen.

2

SEM = Standard error of the mean.