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

Table 7 Effects of dietary fibers with different hydration properties on the apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD) of dry matter (DM), gross energy (GE), crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), and acid detergent fiber (ADF) in 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	6	6	6	6	7
Digestibility, %
DM	90.2^b	79.5^a	83.3^a	90.2^b	89.4^b	1.04	< 0.01	< 0.01
GE	89.5^b	79.2^a	82.3^a	90.6^b	88.6^b	1.03	< 0.01	< 0.01
CP	82.0	84.1	84.4	85.2	83.2	1.03	0.69	0.93
NDF	62.3^b	45.4^a	47.4^a	61.3^b	61.7^b	2.34	0.01	< 0.01
ADF	62.0^b	43.0^a	49.7^ab	64.9^b	67.0^b	2.44	< 0.01	< 0.01

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. The recovery rate of TiO₂ in the feces of five piglets was too low to be included in the statistics
^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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