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Table 3 Effects of dietary sugar beet pulp on the apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD) of fiber in growing pigs

From: The effects of dietary fiber level on nutrient digestibility in growing pigs

Items

Sugar beet pulp, %

P Values

0.0

15.0

25.0

35.0

45.0

55.0

SEM

Linear

Quadratic

Intake, g/d

         

 Feed intake

1,190.0

1,193.0

1,193.0

1,205.0

1,107.0

1,062.0

64.15

0.09

0.16

 Total dietary fiber

0.0

124.0

206.4

292.8

344.3

404.6

23.86

<0.01

<0.01

 Soluble dietary fiber

0.0

39.4

65.6

92.8

109.6

128.5

7.58

<0.01

<0.01

 Insoluble dietary fiber

0.0

84.7

140.8

200.0

234.7

276.1

16.28

<0.01

<0.01

Excretion, g/d

         

 Feces, wet basis

135.0

194.9

317.0

409.7

415.2

571.5

19.60

<0.01

<0.01

 Feces, dry matter basis

79.3

90.2

127.8

145.3

124.9

159.8

9.00

<0.01

<0.01

 Total dietary fiber

0.0

29.9

29.3

35.6

36.4

43.2

3.34

<0.01

<0.01

 Soluble dietary fiber

0.0

3.5

3.7

5.5

4.1

4.7

0.67

0.22

0.38

 Insoluble dietary fiber

0.0

16.4

25.6

30.1

32.3

38.4

2.86

<0.01

<0.01

ATTD of fiber, %

         

 Total dietary fiber

0.0

86.2

86.9

88.1

89.7

89.5

0.45

<0.01

<0.01

 Soluble dietary fiber

0.0

92.9

94.9

94.3

96.3

96.3

0.49

<0.01

<0.01

 Insoluble dietary fiber

0.0

82.6

83.2

85.1

86.7

86.4

0.80

<0.01

<0.01