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. 2019 Aug 20;97(10):4235–4241. doi: 10.1093/jas/skz276

Table 4.

Effect of different emulsifier supplementation on nutrient digestibility in piglets1,2

Items Treatments3 SEM P-value
CTR SSL PGFE PG-SL
Day 14–16
DM, % 85.71b 89.34a 90.75a 89.99a 0.71 0.021
CP, % 78.93b 85.08a 85.57a 85.97a 1.13 0.055
EE, % 55.56b 67.61a 71.70a 69.68a 2.49 0.014
Energy, % 85.42b 90.32a 90.71a 89.79a 0.74 0.021
Ca, % 52.84b 71.10a 72.57a 69.27a 2.92 0.010
P % 61.63b 72.55a 76.95a 72.79a 1.92 0.004
Day 31–33
DM, % 89.00 90.60 90.61 89.51 0.37 0.343
CP, % 84.89 88.06 87.96 86.46 0.66 0.244
EE, % 62.43 64.44 66.34 67.26 1.57 0.745
Energy, % 89.21 90.70 90.63 89.22 0.40 0.391
Ca, % 67.60 71.84 72.15 72.90 1.28 0.449
P, % 62.66 66.97 68.26 66.21 1.23 0.422

1EE = ether extract, Ca = calcium, P = phosphorus.

2 n = 4 pigs per treatment.

3CTR = basal diet; SSL = basal diet + 0.1% SSL; PGFE = basal diet + PGFE; PG-SL = basal diet + 0.08% PGFE + 0.02% SSL.

a,bMean values within a row without a common superscript differ significantly (P < 0.05).