TABLE 3.

Apparent total tract digestibility (%) of protein, fat, and precaecal as well as total tract true digestibility (%) of starch of the animals in both groups (mean ± SD).

Item	CON	PL	p-value
Crude protein	87.8a ± 1.87	52.4b ± 6.19	<0.0001
Crude fat	79.9a ± 0.49	16.6b ± 2.22	<0.0001
Starch
Precaecal	93.4a ± 1.51	56.0b ± 5.07	<0.0001
Total tract	99.0a ± 0.27	99.1a ± 0.38	0.7385

^a,bMeans within the same row with different superscripts differ significantly (p < 0.05).