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. 2016 Mar 10;30(1):57–63. doi: 10.5713/ajas.15.0876

Table 2.

Effect of feed form and exogenous enzymes on total tract nutrient digestibility for growing pigs fed wheat-based diets1)

Items Feed form SEM Enzyme SEM p values



Meal Pellet Control Xylanase Phytase Combination Feed form Enzyme Feed form×enzyme
Dry matter (%) 89.8 89.6 0.20 89.3 89.4 89.8 90.2 0.30 0.77 0.12 0.54
Organic matter (%) 92.0 92.0 0.16 91.8 91.9 92.1 92.4 0.24 1.00 0.31 0.58
Crude protein (%) 90.3 90.8 0.23 90.0 91.0 90.2 90.9 0.34 0.07 0.09 0.59
Neutral detergent fiber (%) 64.3 65.4 0.57 63.1b 67.9a 63.6b 64.8b 0.85 0.1 <0.01 0.46
Acid detergent fiber (%) 55.0 48.6 1.29 50.5 52.2 53.7 50.8 1.90 <0.01 0.54 0.18
Phosphorus (%) 72.7 71.4 1.47 68.0b 67.2b 74.9a 78.2a 2.18 0.60 <0.01 0.09
Calcium (%) 75.9 75.5 0.64 71.7a 73.8a 79.3b 78.0b 0.95 0.64 <0.01 0.65

SEM, stands for standard error mean.

1)

Each treatment has 6 replicants.

ab

Within main effect, means in the same row with different superscripts differ (p<0.05).