Table 7.

Descriptive statistics on milk nutrient intake, retention of body pools, and dietary efficiencies in piglets, n = 45: exp. 2

Item	Mean ± SEM
	[min; max]
Milk nutrient intake, days 3 to 251
DM, g/d	191 ± 5.5
	[124; 254]
Fat, g/d	73.1 ± 2.0
	[51.2; 99.2]
Protein, g/d	51.1 ± 1.5
	[32.4; 69.1]
Lactose, g/d	58.5 ± 1.6
	[40.6; 76.1]
GE, kJ/d	4,983 ± 149
	[2,947; 6,728]
Retention of body pools, days 3 to 25
Fat, g/d	43.9 ± 1.5
	[24.4; 67.3]
Protein, g/d	41.0 ± 1.2
	[26.4; 58.4]
Ash, g/d	7.3 ± 0.22
	[4.7; 10.4]
Water, g/d	161 ± 5.3
	[93; 232]
Energy, kJ/d	2,719 ± 87
	[1,602; 4,073]
Dietary efficiencies, days 3 to 25
Fat retained/fat intake, %	60.6 ± 1.1
	[47.6; 72.9]
Protein retained/protein intake, %	81.5 ± 1.6
	[65.3; 95.2]
Energy retained as fat/retained energy, %	63.6 ± 0.32
	[60.6; 67.9]

¹The intake of each nutrient were based on the mean milk intake measured by the deuterium dilution technique and the mean nutrient concentrations based on milk samples collected on days 3, 10, 17, and 25 in lactation.