Table 3. Dietary effects of heat-killed LR on nutrient digestibility of weaned pigs1)
Item | Treatments2) | SEM | p-value |
CON | T1 | T2 | T3 | Diet | Linear | Quadratic |
DM (%) | 85.45 | 86.45 | 86.00 | 86.29 | 0.43 | 0.407 | 0.336 | 0.442 |
CP (%) | 82.48 | 83.26 | 84.00 | 83.84 | 0.73 | 0.466 | 0.202 | 0.361 |
GE (%) | 85.25a | 86.87ab | 87.29ab | 88.53b | 0.66 | 0.018 | 0.003 | 0.447 |
Each value is the mean value of 6 replicates (4 pigs/pen).
CON, control diet based on corn and soybean meal; T1, CON + 0.1% heat-killed LR; T2, CON + 0.2% heat-killed LR; T3, CON + 0.4% heat-killed LR.
Means with different superscripts in the row differ (p ≤ 0.10).
DM, dry matter; CP, crude protein; GE, gross energy.