Table 3.
Effects of probiotics and XOS on nutrient digestibility in weanling pigs1)
| Items (%) | −Probiotics | +Probiotics | SEM | p-value2) | ||||
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| −XOS | +XOS | −XOS | +XOS | Probiotics | XOS | Probiotics×XOS | ||
| d 14 | ||||||||
| DM | 78.8 | 79.9 | 80.1 | 81.2 | 0.1 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.91 |
| N | 78.9 | 80.6 | 80.8 | 82.7 | 0.1 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.85 |
| EE | 64.5 | 65.7 | 67.4 | 66.1 | 0.3 | 0.20 | 0.11 | 0.43 |
| CF | 52.4 | 53.6 | 53.1 | 54.2 | 0.4 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.25 |
| GE | 78.3 | 80.0 | 80.1 | 81.6 | 0.1 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.84 |
| d 28 | ||||||||
| DM | 78.7 | 80.2 | 79.6 | 80.0 | 0.3 | 0.63 | 0.17 | 0.41 |
| N | 79.8 | 82.1 | 79.7 | 80.4 | 0.3 | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.17 |
| EE | 66.6 | 67.4 | 66.8 | 67.9 | 0.5 | 0.28 | 0.33 | 0.21 |
| CF | 53.4 | 54.1 | 52.8 | 54.8 | 0.7 | 0.43 | 0.25 | 0.44 |
| GE | 79.9 | 81.3 | 80.1 | 80.6 | 0.6 | 0.90 | 0.94 | 0.84 |
XOS, xylo-oligosaccharide; SEM, pooled standard error of the means; DM, dry matter; N, nitrogen; EE, ether extract; CF, crude fiber; GE, gross energy.
1)
Each mean represents 6 pens (n = 6/group).
2)
Probiotics, probiotics effect; XOS, XOS effect; Probiotics×XOS, interaction between probiotics and XOS.