Table 7.
Nitrogen balance in growing pigs (74.6 kg, on average) (n = 18, six pigs per diets).
| Item | Diet 1 | SE | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | T1 | T2 | |||
| N balance, g/d | |||||
| Intake (NI) | 57.9 b | 64.8 a | 58.2 b | 0.979 | <0.001 |
| Fecal | 7.53 | 6.37 | 5.81 | 0.558 | 0.085 |
| Urinary | 28.9 | 30.1 | 27.0 | 1.79 | 0.436 |
| Retained | 21.5 b | 28.3 a | 25.4 ab | 1.70 | 0.031 |
| N balance, g/BW0.75 | |||||
| Intake | 2.30 b | 2.36 b | 2.46 a | 0.031 | 0.004 |
| Fecal | 0.297 | 0.232 | 0.247 | 0.021 | 0.095 |
| Urinary | 1.14 | 1.10 | 1.14 | 0.056 | 0.820 |
| Retained | 0.864 | 1.03 | 1.07 | 0.081 | 0.141 |
| N balance, % NI | |||||
| Fecal | 13.0 a | 9.83 b | 10.0 b | 0.939 | 0.040 |
| Urinary | 49.7 | 46.4 | 46.4 | 2.62 | 0.559 |
| Retained | 37.3 | 43.7 | 43.6 | 2.77 | 0.221 |
1 Diet: C = control, T1 = C + 2.5 g GreenFIS®/kg, and T2 = C + 5 g GreenFIS®/kg. a,b within rows, means without a common superscript differ (p < 0.05).