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. 2021 Nov 30;63(6):1344–1354. doi: 10.5187/jast.2021.e112

Table 3. Effects of replacing corn with brown rice (Japonica) on apparent ileal digestibility and apparent total tract digestibility of weaner pigs1).

Item2) CON BR SEM p-value
Apparent ileal digestibility (%)
 Dry matter 84.46 86.89 0.83 < 0.05
 Energy 77.05 79.93 0.96 < 0.05
 Crude protein 77.23 79.41 1.03 0.312
Apparent total tract digestibility (%)
 Dry matter 86.23 88.51 0.77 < 0.05
 Energy 84.48 86.73 0.76 < 0.05
 Crude protein 83.47 84.65 0.91 0.714
1)

Each value is the mean of 5 replicates.

2)

CON, control diet based on corn and soybean meal; BR, replacing corn with 50% of brown rice.