Table 6.

Effects of liquid feeding on the apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD) of nutrients in 31-d-old weanling pigs¹

Item, %	CON2	LF3	SEM	P
DM	85.74	85.61	0.60	0.835
CP	76.61	74.62	1.36	0.172
GE	84.43	84.43	0.68	0.999
Ether extract	72.45a	77.54b	1.56	0.015
Ash	65.24a	66.88b	0.67	0.033

¹Values means n = 6 for CON and LF groups. The samples were collected over 4 d from approximately 15 pigs per pen.

²CON = basal diet with dry feeding.

³LF = basal diet with liquid feeding.

^a,bMeans within a row lacking a common superscript differ at P < 0.05.