Table 6.

Effect of fat encapsulation on digesta pH values of nursery pigs

Item	Treatments					SEM2	P value
	Control1	Palm oil	Encapsulated palm oil1	Coconut oil	Encapsulated coconut oil1		Fat source3	Encapsulation4	Fat source × encapsulation
Stomach	4.10	3.92	3.16	4.23	3.80	0.18	0.27	0.17	0.70
Duodenum	5.63	6.05	5.76	5.67	5.84	0.07	0.38	0.74	0.19
Jejunum	5.74	6.27	6.05	5.97	5.93	0.07	0.17	0.38	0.55
Ileum	6.84	6.80	6.92	6.86	6.96	0.04	0.52	0.18	0.89
Cecum	5.84	5.86	6.15	5.85	5.95	0.06	0.40	0.15	0.48
Colon	6.57	6.08	6.44	6.34	6.43	0.05	0.29	0.06	0.26

¹Control diet contains 6.0% soybean oil; encapsulated palm oil (granular, containing 80% palm oil), encapsulated coconut oil (granular, containing 80% coconut oil).

²SEM is for treatment within the same row, the P value is not shown.

³Palm oil vs. coconut oil.

⁴Encapsulation vs. not.