Table 4 Effects of meal frequency on the apparent total tract digestibility of nutrients in gilts^1,2,3

DM, %

90.8 ± 0.013

89.8 ± 0.003

90.0 ± 0.004

0.953

CP, %

91.0 ± 0.013

89.0 ± 0.013

87.9 ± 0.023

0.879

EE, %

80.5 ± 0.027

80.3 ± 0.016

77.0 ± 0.020

0.478

Ash, %

42.7 ± 0.048

47.6 ± 0.019

46.6 ± 0.020

0.529

NDF, %

65.2 ± 0.038^a

57.7 ± 0.022^ab

54.4 ± 0.021^b

0.042

Gross energy, %

92.6 ± 0.008

90.8 ± 0.005

90.7 ± 0.003

0.065