Table 3.

Effects of finely ground wheat bran on DM feed intake and nutrient digestibility of sows¹.

Item	CON 2	CWB 3	FWB 4	SEM 5	P-value
DM feed intake, kg
Total DM feed intake	43.66b	46.68a	46.70a	0.05	<0.001
Daily DM feed intake	2.30b	2.46a	2.46a	0.003	<0.001
Apparent ileal digestibility, %
DM	78.34	77.80	78.18	0.58	0.80
Energy	78.43a	68.28b	63.14c	0.30	<0.001
CP	66.61	63.56	63.56	1.32	0.30
EE	74.34a	69.17b	64.76c	1.77	0.03
NDF	41.69	46.50	50.05	4.85	0.50
ADF	62.05	56.48	66.04	2.90	0.11
Apparent total tract digestibility, %
DM	85.33	85.61	85.38	0.74	0.96
Energy	89.21a	84.95b	84.51b	0.78	<0.05
CP	86.61	86.75	86.32	0.90	0.94
EE	69.02	68.71	65.42	1.90	0.37
NDF	75.88a	58.16b	63.03b	3.72	0.02
ADF	84.39a	71.25b	74.31b	2.42	<0.01

ADF = acid detergent fiber; CF = crude fiber; CP = crude protein; DM = dry matter; EE = ether extract; NDF = neutral detergent fiber.

^{a, b, c} Different superscripts represents a significant difference, P < 0.05.

¹Data are shown as mean ± SEM (n = 6).

²CON = a corn soybean meal diet.

³CWB = diet contained coarse wheat bran with particle size of 605 μm.

⁴FWB = diet contained fine wheat bran with particle size of 438 μm.

⁵SEM = standard error of the mean.