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Table 5.

Effects of total dietary fiber levels and soluble, insoluble dietary fiber ratio on plasma zonulin, fecal lipocalin, serum LPS and LBP levels of sows.

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
Zonulin, pg/ml	624.10^b	740.03^a	650.71^ab	753.50^a	31.83	0.533	0.002	0.838
Lipocalin-2, µg/g	26.93^b	30.20^a	26.50^b	30.05^a	0.357	0.423	> 0.001	0.683
LPS, ng/ml	73.96	78.67	74.44	80.47	2.678	0.674	0.052	0.807
LBP, ng/ml	28.56	30.17	29.06	31.37	1.104	0.447	0.085	0.754

SEM standard error of means, LPS lipopolysaccharides, LBP lipopolysaccharides-binding protein, DF dietary fiber, SF soluble fiber, ISF insoluble fiber.

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