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. 2021 Oct 17;99(11):skab292. doi: 10.1093/jas/skab292

Table 3.

Growth performance of nursery pigs fed diets with different fiber solubility and lipid sources1

Item2 SBP SBH SEM P-value
SBO CWG SBO CWG Fiber Lipid F × L3
Body weight, kg
 Initial 6.82 6.83 6.85 6.86 0.228 0.920 0.977 0.991
 Phase 1 11.13 10.89 11.57 11.32 0.411 0.460 0.671 0.997
 Phase 2 23.38 23.68 24.02 23.83 0.699 0.697 0.957 0.807
Average daily gain, g
 Phase 1 308 290 337 318 14.1 0.161 0.365 0.986
 Phase 2 583 609 593 596 15.9 0.924 0.524 0.616
 Overall 447 450 464 455 8.8 0.200 0.785 0.495
Average daily feed intake, g
 Phase 1 487 506 501 504 17.1 0.795 0.651 0.754
 Phase 2 1,004 1,012 1,018 991 26.4 0.923 0.802 0.634
 Overall 747 760 759 745 11.3 0.903 0.999 0.251
Gain to feed ratio
 Phase 1 0.630 0.568 0.671 0.629 0.015 0.003 0.003 0.530
 Phase 2 0.581 0.604 0.581 0.603 0.012 0.972 0.058 0.945
 Overall 0.605 0.586 0.626 0.616 0.011 0.023 0.182 0.670

1SBP, sugar beet pulp; SBH, soybean hulls; SBO, soybean oil; and CWG, choice white grease.

2Experimental diets were fed in 2 phases; Phase 1 from days 0 to 14 and Phase 2 from days 14 to 35.

3F × L, fiber by lipid interaction.