Table 4.

Growth traits of gilts fed different diets during gestation^1,2

	NP		LP			P-value
Ingredients	−DF	+DF	−DF	+DF	SEM	CP	DF	CP × DF
BW, kg
Initial (day 1)	164.87	164.76	164.85	164.57	2.22	0.961	0.924	0.968
Day 30	181.46	181.32	180.62	180.75	2.65	0.757	0.999	0.954
Day 60	200.53	199.61	201.00	199.72	2.90	0.901	0.638	0.938
Day 90	216.32	215.64	215.37	214.92	2.97	0.717	0.807	0.962
Day 110	237.86	236.31	233.92	232.08	3.14	0.100	0.492	0.953
BF thickness, mm
Initial (day 1)	17.65	17.71	17.32	17.00	0.82	0.409	0.832	0.755
Day 30	18.36	18.50	18.29	17.90	0.81	0.588	0.838	0.663
Day 60	18.93	19.02	18.69	18.69	0.84	0.645	0.938	0.943
Day 90	18.95	19.44	18.94	18.70	0.88	0.561	0.847	0.566
Day 110	19.96	19.63	19.03	19.14	0.78	0.301	0.872	0.741
Daily gain, g/d
Day 1 to 30	552.94	552.22	525.44	541.95	29.32	0.496	0.776	0.756
Day 31 to 60	635.69	609.63	679.44	632.49	40.96	0.333	0.289	0.761
Day 61 to 90	526.27	534.44	479.11	506.62	38.84	0.182	0.523	0.729
Day 91 to 110	1,077.06	1,033.33	927.33	858.00	74.00	0.004	0.304	0.815
Day 1 to 110	663.53	650.51	627.88	613.70	19.59	0.024	0.388	0.971

¹NP, normal CP; LP, low CP; DF, dietary fiber. DF mixture consisted of pectin, inulin, and cellulose at the ratio of 1:10:34.

² N = 17 to 18 per group.