TABLE 2.

Characteristic of feces from pigs fed diets with or without phytase and lactic acid treatment of cereals.

	No phytase		Phytase			p-value1
Treatment of cereal grains	Con	LA	Con	LA	SEM	Phytase	LA	Phytase × LA
Dry matter (%)	30.6	34.9	28.1	31.2	1.666	0.076	0.038	0.696
Crude Protein (%)	23.1	23.9	23.0	23.0	0.430	0.271	0.400	0.319
Neutral-detergent fiber (%)	39.7	41.5	40.8	42.7	0.591	0.058	0.004	0.944
Acid-detergent fiber (%)	16.7	17.4	17.5	18.0	0.242	0.010	0.022	0.605
Total starch (%)	5.64	7.00	6.69	7.88	0.737	0.202	0.096	0.913
Non-resistant starch (%)	5.5	6.8	6.5	7.7	0.738	0.205	0.091	0.915
Resistant starch (%)	0.17	0.15	0.18	0.15	0.010	0.607	0.068	0.811
Phosphorus (g/kg)	2.1	1.9	1.3	1.1	0.406	< 0.001	<0.001	0.891
Calcium (g/kg)	1.7	1.5	1.1	1.1	0.539	< 0.001	0.242	0.205
Calcium: Phosphorus-ratio	0.78	0.79	0.84	1.01	0.026	< 0.001	<0.001	0.005

Values are presented as least square means ± SEM (n = 8 pigs per dietary treatment). Con, control diet; LA, diet containing lactic acid-treated cereals. ¹p-values for fixed effects (phytase, LA treatment of cereals and their two-way interaction) were computed using ANOVA and the PROC MIXED in SAS.