Effect of variety and drying method on the nutritive value of corn for growing pigs

Table 4 Effect of variety and drying method on the nutritive value of corns for growing pigs

Item	Variety				Sun dried	Artificially dried °C			SEM	P-value¹
Item	Variety				Sun dried	Artificially dried °C			SEM	Variety	Drying method²	Air temperature
	LS1	LS2	LS3	LS4		80	100	120				Linear	Quadratic
DE of DM, MJ/kg	16.14^a	15.86^b	15.86^b	15.82^b	15.82	16.03	15.92	15.91	0.06	0.01	0.06	0.23	0.45
ME of DM, MJ/kg	15.87^a	15.51^b	15.61^b	15.51^b	15.57	15.76	15.63	15.61	0.06	0.01	0.06	0.19	0.40
Digestibility coefficients, %
Organic matter	91.56^a	90.10^b	90.21^b	90.03^b	90.24	90.77	90.48	90.41	0.27	0.01	0.31	0.45	0.73
Dry matter	90.03^a	88.54^b	88.70^b	88.62^b	88.66	89.43	88.96	88.85	0.30	0.01	0.23	0.20	0.41
Energy	89.58^a	88.11^b	88.00^b	88.24^b	88.02	89.04	88.47	88.41	0.34	0.02	0.13	0.21	0.40
NDF	57.01	48.20	45.78	45.24	52.28	50.20	46.33	47.43	3.35	0.09	0.27	0.62	0.78
ADF	51.32	41.94	34.65	34.58	48.54	40.92	36.27	36.76	4.47	0.06	0.06	0.57	0.79
Crude protein	80.81	78.56	76.76	78.56	78.99	79.37	77.17	79.16	1.18	0.15	0.75	0.91	0.38
Ether extract	61.13	65.25	64.07	63.71	59.18	66.46	66.83	67.68	1.39	0.31	0.01	0.53	0.82

¹Interaction between variety and drying method was not significant (P > 0.10).
²Contrast for Artificial dried vs. sun dried.
^a-bMeans followed by the same letter within each row are not significantly different from each other (P > 0.05).

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