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 |
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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 |
Each value is the mean of 5 replicates.
CON, control diet based on corn and soybean meal; BR, replacing corn with 50% of brown rice.