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Table 9 Effect of dietary fiber levels on fecal scores of gestating sows

From: Inclusion of purified dietary fiber during gestation improved the reproductive performance of sows

 Item

Gestation stage

Diets

SEM

P-value

  
 

Day 1

Day 10

Day 20

Day 30

Day 40

CON

DF1

DF2

DF3

DF4

DF5

 

Stage

Diets

S × D

Linear

Quadratic

Scores

2.93a

2.68b

2.69b

2.57b

2.71b

2.42b

2.70ab

2.74a

2.73a

2.83a

2.86a

0.07

< 0.01

< 0.01

0.84

< 0.01

< 0.01

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± largest SEM. Sows were regarded as the experimental units, n = 30, 33, 32, 32, 31 and 32 for CON, DF1, DF2, DF3, DF4 and DF5 at each stage of gestation, respectively. a, b denote P < 0.05. CON, basal corn-soybean diet; DF1, wheat bran-rich diet; DF2, DF3, DF4 and DF5 were wheat bran diet supplemented with 1%, 2%, 3% and 4% of FIBER MIX at the expense of wheat bran