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Table 5 Sigmoidal response parameters for P2 fecal Cr disappearance and P2 fecal Ti appearance for growing pigs fed different diets during Phase-1 and Phase-2

From: Disappearance and appearance of an indigestible marker in feces from growing pigs as affected by previous- and current-diet composition

Phase × diet combinations

NDF ∆

Fecal Cr disappearance,

Fecal Ti appearance,

Phase-1

Phase-2

% Unitsb

d reach limit of quantitationc

d to reach 95% maximumd

CSa

CS

0

4.1

3.7

CS

DDGS

+5.25

3.3

3.5

CS

DDC

−4.74

4.9

3.9

DDGS

CS

−5.25

3.1

3.5

DDGS

DDGS

0

2.5

2.8

DDGS

DDC

−9.99

4.8

4.2

DDC

CS

+4.74

2.6

2.2

DDC

DDGS

+9.99

3.8

3.2

DDC

DDC

0

5.1

4.6

  1. a Abbreviations: CS corn-soybean meal based diet, DDGS corn-soybean meal-distillers dried grains based diet, DDC dehulled, degermed corn-soybean meal based diet
  2. bChange in analyzed dietary NDF, percentage units
  3. cAs determined by sigmoidal response of phase × diet treatment means obtained from Table 3. The Cr limit of quantitation was 0.3 mg Cr/kg
  4. dAs determined by sigmoidal response of phase × diet treatment means obtained from Table 4. The Ti limit of quantitation was 6 mg Ti/kg