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. 2020 Jul 20;98(7):skaa233. doi: 10.1093/jas/skaa233

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).