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. 2018 Oct 15;97(1):291–301. doi: 10.1093/jas/sky398

Table 3.

Apparent ileal and total tract digestibility (%) of dietary components in growing pigs fed the control, flaxseed meal, and oat hulls diets (n = 8)

Item Diet1 SEM P
Control FM OH
Apparent ileal digestibility
DM 72.4a 59.9b 58.0b 3.10 0.008
CP 78.9 71.0 75.9 2.64 0.140
SFA 77.4a 62.1b 66.3b 3.24 0.001
MUFA 70.4a 34.1c 55.2b 6.99 0.007
PUFA 76.4a 64.0b 67.8b 2.91 0.047
TFA 89.7a 80.1c 84.1b 1.13 0.017
ADF 4.4a −23.4b 11.9a 8.61 0.004
NDF 32.8 42.6 34.9 4.42 0.323
Soluble dietary fiber 68.9 65.9 61.0 5.11 0.219
Insoluble dietary fiber 45.5a 29.2b 27.3b 3.10 0.001
Total dietary fiber 48.3A 35.5AB 28.2B 6.37 0.082
Apparent total tract digestibility
 DM 90.6a 86.3b 75.3c 1.55 0.001
 CP 90.1a 86.1b 83.2c 0.97 <0.001
 TFA 89.6a 72.4c 77.2b 0.58 <0.001
 SFA 67.5c 72.6b 78.4a 1.04 0.005
 MUFA 83.0a 70.0b 75.9b 0.22 0.002
 PUFA 78.4a 57.1c 67.2b 0.29 0.017
 ADF 48.2A 42.8A 18.7B 9.46 0.068
 NDF 67.3b 80.5a 52.6c 3.74 <0.001
 Soluble dietary fiber 95.8 97.1 95.5 1.17 0.636
 Insoluble dietary fiber 74.9a 65.4a 31.6b 4.47 <0.001
 Total dietary fiber 67.3b 80.5a 52.6c 3.52 <0.001

a–cMean values within a row with unlike superscripts differ (P < 0.05). A–CMean values within a row with unlike superscripts differ (0.05 > P ≤ 0.05).

1FM = flaxseed meal-containing diet; OH = oat hulls-containing diet; TFA = the sum of all fatty acids.