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Table 3 Apparent total tract digestibility (%) of starter pigs fed exogenous feed additives 1

From: Strategies to improve fiber utilization in swine

Treatment2

GE

N

C

S

P

ADF

NDF

EE

Control

79.2

79.9

79.9

78.5

60.1

40.1

36.6

64.2

Allzyme

76.5

77.6

77.4

77.5

55.6

30.6

27.3

61.5

P value 3

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.17

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.14

BactoCel

80.0

80.4

80.3

80.1

59.8

39.4

39.3

64.9

P value 3

0.14

0.55

0.42

0.03

0.79

0.76

0.15

0.66

BioPlus2B

79.5

80.3

80.0

79.6

58.7

37.7

35.0

65.0

P value 3

0.59

0.64

0.85

0.17

0.24

0.31

0.39

0.64

Econase

78.3

78.7

79.1

77.0

54.0

35.6

32.5

62.8

P value 3

0.07

0.07

0.10

0.04

0.01

0.06

0.03

0.45

Hemicel

78.9

79.0

79.6

79.0

59.5

36.3

33.4

65.5

P value 3

0.53

0.17

0.48

0.49

0.60

0.12

0.09

0.45

Porzyme

79.0

79.4

79.7

78.8

58.4

36.3

33.2

64.9

P value 3

0.67

0.47

0.61

0.66

0.16

0.13

0.07

0.67

Releezyme

76.9

77.4

77.7

77.3

56.1

30.0

29.9

61.1

P value 3

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.09

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.08

Rovabio

80.0

80.7

80.7

79.9

59.5

38.1

36.5

64.4

P value 3

0.12

0.25

0.14

0.06

0.61

0.39

0.97

0.88

Roxazyme

79.6

81.1

80.3

79.9

59.1

38.8

39.1

63.3

P value 3

0.40

0.10

0.42

0.06

0.38

0.58

0.16

0.61

XPC yeast

79.6

80.1

80.3

79.4

57.9

39.0

36.4

65.9

P value 3

0.40

0.81

0.46

0.26

0.06

0.63

0.95

0.33

MODEL

P value 4

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.08

SE4

0.35

0.48

0.34

0.52

0.80

1.714

1.318

1.221

Wk-15

76.9

76.0

77.6

75.4

55.3

31.4

28.5

70.6

Wk-3

79.2

80.1

79.8

79.3

58.9

36.2

35.8

61.9

Wk-5

80.5

82.4

81.2

81.8

60.0

42.0

39.1

59.4

P value 6

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

SE6

0.18

0.25

0.18

0.27

0.42

0.93

0.69

0.64

  1. 1 Apparent total tract digestibility calculated using indirect marker methodology. There were 16 to 18 individually fed pigs per dietary treatment [66].
  2. 2 Allzyme SSF, 500 mg/kg (Alltech, Lexington, KY); BactoCel, 110 mg/kg (Lallemand Animal Nutrition, Milwaukee, WI); BioPlus 2B, 500 mg/kg (Chr. Hansen, Milwaukee, WI); Econase XT25, 150 mg/kg (AB Enzymes, Darmstadt, Germany); Hemicel, 500 mg/kg (ChemGen Corp., Gaithersburg, MD); Porzyme 9302, 250 mg/kg (Danisco Animal Nutrition, Marlborough, UK); Reelezyme 4 M, 500 mg/kg (Prince Agri Products Inc., Quincy, IL); Rovabio AP10, 500 mg/kg (Adisseo, Antony, France); Roxazyme G2G, 220 mg/kg (DSM Nutritional Products Inc., Parsippany, NJ); XPC Yeast, 2,000 mg/kg (Diamond V Mills Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA).
  3. 3′P value′ represents comparison of the feed additive to the control diet only.
  4. 4 Model P and SE value for overall diet effect.
  5. 5 Initial, wk-1, wk-3, and wk-5 BW of 11.88, 13.96, 23.23, and 33.26 kg, respectively.
  6. 6 Model P and SE value for week.