Table 4.
Effect of treatment1 on energy balance and digestible, metabolizable, and estimated net energy
| Diet2 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | LF | HF | HF + XY | HF + AX | Pooled SEM |
P-value |
| Energy balance, GE Mcal/d | ||||||
| Intake | 8.14 | 8.11 | 8.14 | 8.13 | 0.02 | 0.898 |
| Total excreted | 1.44a | 2.25b | 2.08c | 2.32b | 0.09 | <0.001 |
| Fecal | 0.88a | 1.83b | 1.70c | 1.93b | 0.07 | <0.001 |
| Urinary | 0.56a | 0.39b | 0.43c | 0.39b | 0.03 | 0.006 |
| Energy Mcal/kg of DM | ||||||
| GE | 4.34 | 4.34 | 4.35 | 4.34 | — | — |
| DE | 3.86a | 3.35b | 3.50c | 3.30b | 0.05 | <0.001 |
| ME | 3.56a | 3.14b | 3.26c | 3.11b | 0.04 | <0.001 |
| NE | 2.67a | 2.25b | 2.35c | 2.24b | 0.02 | <0.001 |
1 n = 15 pigs per treatment fed experimental diets for a 36-d adaptation period followed by a 10-d metabolism crate study.
2LF, low-fiber control; HF, high-fiber control; HF+XY, high-fiber control containing 100 mg xylanase/kg; HF+AX, high-fiber control containing 50 mg arabinoxylanoligosaccharide/kg.
a–cWithin a row, means without a common superscript differ (P ≤ 0.05).