. 2019 Apr 1;3(2):662–675. doi: 10.1093/tas/txz025

Table 7.

Apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD) of dry matter (DM), gross energy (GE), acid hydrolyzed ether extract (AEE), and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and digestible energy (DE) and metabolizable energy (ME) in experimental diets fed to pigs¹ (as-fed basis), Exp. 1

		Source of distillers dried grains with solubles
Item	Basal	A	B	C	D	E	G	H	I	SEM	P value
Intake
Feed intake, g/d	788	817	833	809	811	878	856	813	851	58	0.273
GE, Mcal/d	2.98^b	3.38^ab	3.42^ab	3.30^ab	3.34^ab	3.56^a	3.47^ab	3.28^ab	3.45^ab	0.24	0.041
AEE, g/d	29^d	49^abc	51^ab	48^bc	49^abc	56^a	47^bc	43^c	45^bc	3	<0.001
NDF, g/d	80.1^c	190^a	183^ab	175^ab	171^ab	172^ab	162^b	162^b	177^ab	12	<0.001
Fecal excretion
Dry feces output, g/d	72^b	151^a	143^a	136^a	134^a	166^a	146^a	143^a	160^a	17	<0.001
GE, kcal/d	331^b	744^a	690^a	642^a	638^a	768^a	668^a	647^a	728^a	74	<0.001
AEE, g/d	10^c	19^a	16^ab	16^ab	15^ab	15^ab	15^ab	13^bc	15^ab	2	<0.001
NDF, g/d	31^b	75^a	73^a	67^a	63^a	77^a	73^a	71^a	78^a	6	<0.001
ATTD, %
DM	91.0^a	81.5^b	83.0^b	83.5^b	83.7^b	81.2^b	82.9^b	82.6^b	81.4^b	1.0	<0.001
GE	89.0^a	78.1^b	80.0^b	80.9^b	81.1^b	78.5^b	80.7^b	80.5^b	79.2^b	1.0	<0.001
AEE	66.7^ab	61.9^b	69.4^ab	66.4^ab	69.9^ab	73.4^a	68.6^ab	69.4^ab	67.3^ab	2.5	0.014
NDF	61.4^ab	60.7^ab	60.4^ab	62.4^a	63.0^a	55.3^b	55.0^b	56.6^b	56.2^b	1.7	0.003
DE in diet, kcal/kg	3,364^a	3,236^ab	3,284^ab	3,303^ab	3,342^ab	3,182^b	3,274^ab	3,248^ab	3,215^ab	42	0.009
Urine output, kg/d	2.42^b	2.72^ab	3.42^ab	4.04^ab	2.96^ab	5.58^a	3.17^ab	2.62^ab	2.89^ab	0.76	0.046
Urinary GE output, kcal/d	55^b	131^a	148^a	138^a	114^a	163^a	142^a	119^a	132^a	13	<0.001
ME in diet, kcal/kg	3,295^a	3,076^bc	3,109^bc	3,132^bc	3,196^ab	2,997^c	3,107^bc	3,100^bc	3,059^bc	38	<0.001

^a–eWithin a row means without a common superscript differ (P < 0.05).

¹Each least squares mean for all treatments represents 8 observations respectively except for distillers dried grains with soluble D diet (n = 7).