Table 7.
Energy content and apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD) of GE of defatted rice meal fed to growing pigs (Exp. 1, DM basis)
Items | DE, kcal/kg | ME, kcal/kg | ATTD of GE, % |
---|---|---|---|
Defatted rice bran number1 | |||
1 | 2,039c | 1,931d | 75.63d |
2 | 2,244c | 2,087cd | 76.84d |
3 | 3,107a | 2,978a | 82.99a |
4 | 2,664b | 2,517abc | 80.23bc |
5 | 2,317c | 2,237bcd | 77.05d |
6 | 2,723b | 2,409bc | 79.59c |
7 | 2,721b | 2,541abc | 80.43bc |
8 | 2,816b | 2,640ab | 81.84ab |
9 | 3,157a | 2,943a | 83.23a |
Mean | 2,643 | 2,476 | 79.76 |
SEM | 84.00 | 113.77 | 0.58 |
P-value | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 |
Data are means of 6 observations per treatment.
a–dWithin a column, means followed by the same letter are not different (P > 0.05); multiple comparison correction is used by Tukey.
1Sources of defatted rice bran are described in Table 1.