Dietary fibers with low hydration properties exacerbate diarrhea and impair intestinal health and nutrient digestibility in weaned piglets

Table 4 Effects of dietary fibers with different hydration properties on the growth performance of weaned piglets

Item	CON	Low hydration properties		Medium hydration properties		SEM	P-value
Item	CON	MCC	WB	MOLP	SBP	SEM	P-diet	P-HP
No. of piglets	7	7	7	7	8
Body weight, kg
Initial weight	7.41	7.46	7.36	7.43	7.40	0.11	0.99	0.99
On d 14	12.32	11.81	12.04	11.55	12.37	0.28	0.89	0.92
On d 21	15.54	15.05	15.59	15.20	15.82	0.38	0.97	0.79
On d 28	18.53	18.77	19.28	18.43	19.37	0.41	0.94	0.91
ADG, g/d
D 1 to 14	350.70	310.41	334.29	294.10	355.63	14.39	0.63	0.89
D 1 to 21	387.35	361.22	392.11	370.00	401.31	14.27	0.91	0.73
D 1 to 28	397.09	403.88	425.82	392.70	427.68	11.87	0.84	0.88
ADFI, g/d
D 1 to 14	516.41	493.19	493.53	473.71	508.03	16.60	0.95	0.97
D 1 to 21	591.74	576.81	589.30	588.44	603.08	16.93	0.99	0.71
D 1 to 28	656.49	653.10	670.51	673.36	681.40	16.93	0.99	0.64
G/F ratio
D 1 to 14	0.66^a	0.63^a	0.63^a	0.61^a	0.72^b	0.01	< 0.01	0.07
D 1 to 21	0.65	0.62	0.66	0.63	0.66	0.01	0.71	0.78
D 1 to 28	0.60	0.62	0.63	0.58	0.63	0.01	0.21	0.16

CON control diet group, MCC 5% microcrystalline cellulose diet group, WB 5% wheat bran diet group, MOLP 5% Moringa oleifera leaf powder diet group, SBP 5% sugar beet pulp diet group. ADG average daily gain, ADFI average daily feed intake, G/F gain: feed. ^a,b Different lowercase letters represent significant difference at P < 0.05, and P-diet represents the P values between the five groups. P-HP stands for P value between low hydration property groups and medium hydration property groups

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