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. 2018 Feb 19;96(5):1869–1876. doi: 10.1093/jas/sky052

Table 5.

Apparent total tract digestibility of energy and digestible and metabolizable energy in experimental diets, Exp. 21

Item Diet SEM P-value
Corn DDGS-HPLincolnway2 DDGS-CV2
GE intake, kcal/d 7,111b 7,597a 7,876a 145 <0.001
Fecal output, g/d 144c 224b 288a 16 <0.001
Fecal GE loss, kcal/d 698c 1,115b 1,392a 83 <0.001
Urine output, g/d 161 191 222 23 0.067
Urine GE loss, kcal/d 7.21 12.31 8.96 2.1 0.185
ATTD of GE, % 89.81a 84.85b 81.70b 1.1 <0.001
DE, kcal/kg 3,319b 3,479a 3,422ab 42 0.046
ME, kcal/kg 3,247 3,388 3,316 45 0.114

a,b,cMeans within a row that do not have a common superscript differ, P < 0.05.

1Data are least square means of 8 observations for all treatments.

2DDGS-HPLincolnway = high-protein distillers dried grains with solubles from Lincolnway Energy; DDGS-CV = conventional distillers dried grains with solubles.

3ATTD = apparent total tract digestibility.