. 2020 May 12;11:47. doi: 10.1186/s40104-020-00450-5

Table 5.

Effects of dietary fiber levels during gestation on growth performance of suckling piglets

Items	CON	DF1	DF2	DF3	DF4	DF5	SEM	P- value
Items	CON	DF1	DF2	DF3	DF4	DF5	SEM	Diets	Linear	Quadratic
Number of sows	27	30	30	30	30	30		–	–	–
Litter size
After cross-foster	12.2	12.7	12.5	11.9	12.0	11.9	0.10	0.31	0.37	0.19
At weaning	11.2	11.4	11.6	11.0	11.0	11.0	0.11	0.52	0.36	0.07
Mean BW of piglet, kg
After cross-foster	1.72	1.64	1.69	1.71	1.70	1.76	0.08	0.61	0.62	0.11
At weaning	6.09	5.98	6.20	6.31	6.31	6.12	0.04	0.20	0.38	0.13
Litter weight, kg
After cross-foster	20.8	20.8	21.1	20.2	20.3	20.6	0.24	0.91	0.34	0.51
At weaning	67.8	68.0	71.5	70.0	69.0	66.9	0.55	0.26	0.11	0.35
Daily BW gain of piglets, g/d	233.5	228.4	237.1	242.3	242.6	229.9	2.35	0.31	0.071	0.33
Mean litter weight gain, kg	49.97	49.21	51.68	50.54	50.54	48.45	0.26	0.28	0.02	0.62
BF thickness at weaning, mm	14.8	14.5	14.1	14.6	14.8	15.3	0.77	0.22	0.032	0.96
BF loss during lactation, mm	2.8	2.7	2.8	2.6	2.9	2.4	0.14	0.94	0.45	0.048
ADFI, kg	4.74^b	5.07^ab	5.24^a	5.33^a	5.00^ab	5.20^a	0.06	0.042	0.011	0.48
WEI, d	4.8	4.5	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	0.13	0.53	0.49	0.65

Data are expressed as mean ± largest SEM. ^{a, b} denote P < 0.05. CON, basal corn-soybean diet; DF1, wheat bran-rich diet; DF2, DF3, DF4 and DF5 were wheat bran diet supplemented with 1%, 2%, 3% and 4% of FIBER MIX at the expense of wheat bran. ADFI average daily feed intake, WEI weaning to estrus interval