Table 3.

Effects of dietary fiber sources on sow performance¹

Item	CON	SBP	WB	SEM	P-value
Sow ADFI, kg/d	4.80b	5.48a	5.16ab	0.15	0.01
Litter size
Total born	12.27	12.07	12.2	0.42	0.94
Born alive	11.33	11.4	11.67	0.19	0.79
Still born	0.93	0.67	0.53	0.36	0.31
Weaned	9.93	10.27	10.47	0.33	0.51
Preweaning mortality, %	12.09	9.64	10.12	1.83	0.61
Litter weight
At birth	18.27	18.69	19.03	0.74	0.77
At weaning	56.94b	64.39a	62.71ab	2.12	0.04
Piglets
Birth weight, kg	1.63	1.65	1.65	0.06	0.96
Weaning weight, kg	5.74b	6.26a	5.97ab	0.13	0.02
ADG, g/d	196b	221a	206ab	5.39	0.01

¹CON, control; SBP, sugar beet pulp; WB, wheat bran.

^a,bMean values within a row with different letters differ at P < 0.05.