. 2018 Apr 24;96(6):2265–2277. doi: 10.1093/jas/sky149

Table 4.

Concentration of digestible and metabolizable energy and apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD) of GE in corn, wheat, SBM, canola meal, DDGS, CGM, CE, SBP, SF, and pectin, as-fed basis¹

Item	Diet²										Pooled SEM	P value
Item	Corn	Wheat	SBM	CM	DDGS	CGM	CE	SBP	SF	Pectin	Pooled SEM	P value
Diets
GE intake, kcal/d	6,170^f	6,278^f	8,081^cd	8,591^b	8,358^bc	8,473^bc	8,327^bc	7,803^d	9,341^a	7,081^e	189	<0.01
GE in feces, kcal/d	814^f	568^g	1,025^e	1,872^a	1,712^b	1,533^c	1,296^d	1,251^d	1,999^a	934^ef	66	<0.01
GE in urine, kcal/d	100^e	99^e	146^cd	288^a	192^b	185^bc	170^bcd	132^de	148^bcd	155^bcd	17	<0.01
ATTD of GE, %	86.7^b	90.0^a	87.5^b	78.3^e	79.4^e	81.8^d	84.8^c	84.0^c	78.5^e	86.7^b	0.7	<0.01
DE, kcal/kg	3,117^cd	3,304^b	3,307^b	3,062^d	3,162^c	3,167^c	3,375^a	3,121^cd	2,967^e	3,144^c	28	<0.01
ME, kcal/kg	3,057^b	3,239^a	3,239^a	2,930^c	3,070^b	3,082^b	3,294^a	3,058^b	2,907^c	3,064^b	28	<0.01
Ingredients
ATTD of GE, %	87.0^a	89.9^a	89.0^a	66.6^e	69.8^de	74.7^cd	79.0^bc	75.8^bcd	30.0^f	82.4^ab	3.0	<0.01
DE, kcal/kg	3,239^cd	3,395^bc	3,925^a	2,742^f	3,033^e	3,037^de	3,571^b	2,705^f	992^h	2,328^g	86	<0.01
DE, kcal/kg DM	3,786^b	3,910^b	4,409^a	3,091^d	3,419^c	3,395^c	3,687^b	2,928^d	1,469^f	2,563^e	101	<0.01
ME, kcal/kg	3,174^c	3,328^bc	3,828^a	2,517^e	2,902^d	2,923^d	3,464^b	2,657^e	963^g	2,179^f	86	<0.01
ME, kcal/kg DM	3,714^bc	3,835^b	4,312^a	2,830^e	3,267^d	3,273^d	3,589^c	2,874^e	978^g	2,381^f	93	<0.01

^a–hMeans within a row lacking a common superscript letter differ (P < 0.05).

¹Data are means of 8 observations per treatment.

²SBM = soybean meal; CM = canola meal; DDGS = distillers dried grains with solubles; CGM = corn germ meal; CE = copra expellers; SBP = sugar beet pulp; SF = synthetic cellulose.