Table 4.
Effects of different fiber sources on piglet performance.
| Items | Treatments 1 | p-Value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CON | WB | CM | SCR | CG | RBM | ||
| Number of total piglets born/litter | 11.33 ± 0.82 | 11.87 ± 1.5 | 10.75 ± 0.50 | 11.20 ± 1.48 | 12.10 ± 1.10 | 11.50 ± 1.05 | 0.410 |
| Number of piglets born alive/litter | 11.17 ± 0.75 | 10.38 ± 1.85 | 9.83 ± 1.30 | 10.80 ± 1.10 | 11.45 ± 1.86 | 11.40 ± 1.26 | 0.244 |
| Number of piglets at weaning/litter | 10.00 ± 1.00 | 9.63 ± 1.85 | 8.71 ± 0.95 | 9.83 ± 0.75 | 10.18 ± 2.08 | 9.60 ± 1.84 | 0.566 |
| Survival rate at birth (%) | 0.99 ± 0.02 | 0.93 ± 0.08 | 0.98 ± 0.08 | 0.96 ± 0.09 | 0.91 ± 0.11 | 0.95 ± 0.09 | 0.343 |
| Survival rate at weaning (%) | 0.90 ± 0.08 | 0.93 ± 0.06 | 0.92 ± 0.11 | 0.94 ± 0.11 | 0.95 ± 0.07 | 0.97 ± 0.06 | 0.673 |
| Litter birth weight (kg) | 18.19 ± 1.95 | 18.24 ± 2.71 | 16.52 ± 3.44 | 17.78 ± 2.81 | 18.78 ± 2.56 | 19.14 ± 3.31. | 0.369 |
| Litter weight at weaning (kg) | 59.73 ± 5.93 | 65.17 ± 6.34 | 62.23 ± 7.15 | 62.69 ± 6.92 | 68.75 ± 5.08 | 62.28 ± 10.21 | 0.836 |
| Average birth weight (kg) | 1.58 ± 0.24 | 1.54 ± 0.11 | 1.69 ± 0.27 | 1.57 ± 0.23 | 1.52 ± 0.19 | 1.64 ± 0.26 | 0.502 |
| Average weaning weight (kg) | 5.85 ± 1.11 b | 6.71 ± 0.66 a | 6.80 ± 1.04 a | 6.22 ± 0.40 ab | 6.76 ± 0.66 a | 6.64 ± 0.57 a | 0.035 |
| Piglets day 0–21 ADG (kg/d) | 0.21 ± 0.06 | 0.25 ± 0.03 | 0.24 ± 0.05 | 0.22 ± 0.02 | 0. 25 ± 0.03 | 0.23 ± 0.02 | 0.160 |
Abbreviations: ADG, average daily gain. 1 CON, control; WB, wheat bran; CM, chicory meal; SCR, soybean curd residue; CG, corn gluten; RBM, rice bran meal. Note: The values are given as the mean ± SD (n = 12). a,b Mean values within a row without a common superscript differ significantly (p < 0.05).