Table 4.
Pubertal data of gilts fed diets with different levels of moldy corn or wheat bran.
| Treatment | SEM | p 1 | p 2 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 25% MC | 50% MC | 75% MC | 100% MC | 100% MW | 100% MW+ MC | Overall | Linear of MC | Quadratic of MC | 100% MC | 100% MW | MC × MW | ||
| Age at puberty, days | 194.0 | 210.0 | 206.6 | 197.7 | 196.7 | 195.5 | 203.6 | 4.9 | ns | ns | * | ns | ns | ns |
| BW at puberty, kg | 115.2 | 116.6 | 111.9 | 113.3 | 106.7 | 114.9 | 111.4 | 4.0 | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns |
| BF at puberty, mm | 12.1 | 12.1 | 13.1 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 10.3 | 11.3 | 0.6 | 0.089 | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns |
| Cycle length, days | 23.0 | 21.8 | 22.3 | 21.1 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 22.0 | 1.0 | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns |
MC, moldy corn; MW, moldy wheat bran; control, 0% moldy corn; 25% MC, 25% moldy corn; 50% MC, 50% moldy corn; 75% MC, 75% moldy corn; 100% MC, 100% moldy corn; 100% MW, 100 moldy wheat bran; 100% MW + MC, 100% MW and 100% MC. Values are presented as the mean ± SEM. p1, significance of linear and quadratic effects; p2, significance of effects of 100% MC, 100% MW, and their interaction. *, p < 0.05; ns, p > 0.1; n = 6–7 per group.