. 2022 Nov 17;12:19749. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-23811-8

Table 2.

Effects of total dietary fiber levels and soluble, insoluble dietary fiber ratio on sow reproductive performance.

Treatment	HH	HL	LH	LL	SEM	P-value
Total DF, %	20	20	14	14		Fiber	Ratio	Fiber × ratio
SF:ISF	1:4	1:6	1:4	1:6		Fiber	Ratio	Fiber × ratio
BW, kg
d 90	188.50	184.35	185.00	186.85	3.98	0.860	0.930	0.533
d 112	203.00	198.60	199.40	201.30	4.15	0.879	0.673	0.290
Gain during gestation	14.50	14.25	14.40	14.45	0.37	0.841	0.894	0.947
24 h postpartum	182.50	178.85	178.95	180.40	4.64	0.762	0.740	0.442
Weaning	167.35	163.15	163.55	164.60	4.29	0.701	0.608	0.394
Loss during lactation	15.15	15.70	15.40	15.80	0.40	0.827	0.554	0.925
BF, mm
d 90	21.00	20.35	20.50	20.65	0.62	0.936	0.842	0.749
d 112	21.45	21.20	21.10	21.20	0.63	0.890	0.953	0.890
Gain during gestation	0.85	0.95	0.75	0.70	0.07	0.306	0.731	0.711
24 h postpartum	18.15	18.00	17.80	17.45	0.40	0.576	0.755	0.901
Weaning	15.90	15.40	14.95	14.15	0.66	0.192	0.437	0.857
Lossduring lactation	2.25^b	2.60^ab	2.85^ab	3.30^a	0.11	0.005	0.075	0.820
ADFI during lactation, kg/day	5.18^a	5.14^a	4.84^b	4.81^b	0.07	0.008	0.733	0.957
Farrowing duration, h	4.15^b	4.55^ab	4.56^ab	4.89^a	0.08	0.027	0.030	0.837
Constipation index^A	2.66^a	2.26^b	2.47^ab	2.17^b	0.06	0.268	0.008	0.708
WEI	5.30	5.45	5.68	5.78	0.09	0.070	0.509	0.895

SEM standard error of means, BW body weight, BF backfat thickness, ADFI average daily feed intake, DF dietary fiber, SF soluble fiber, ISF insoluble fiber.

^AA score value ranging from 0 to 5: 0 (absence of feces), 1 (dry and pellet-shaped), 2 (between dry and normal), 3 (normal and soft, but firm and well formed), 4 (between normal and wet; still formed, but not firm), 5 (very wet feces, unformed and liquid).

^a,bMeans with different superscripts within rows are significantly different at (P < 0.05).