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Table 7 Effect of dietary levels of copra meal with β-mannanase on nutrient digestibility in growing pigsa

From: Various levels of copra meal supplementation with β-Mannanase on growth performance, blood profile, nutrient digestibility, pork quality and economical analysis in growing-finishing pigs

Criteria

Treatment

SEMb

P-value

Con

CM10

CM15

CM20

CM25

Lin.

Quad.

Nutrient digestibility (%)

 Dry matter

85.69

86.79

83.65

84.60

85.82

0.433

0.39

0.12

 Crude protein

83.19

83.93

80.95

80.76

80.68

0.551

0.02

0.73

 Crude fat

56.71

58.13

56.35

55.82

58.32

0.976

0.49

0.63

 Crude ash

65.47

67.57

60.99

64.45

64.00

1.184

0.87

0.60

Nitrogen retentionc, g/day

 N-intake

16.60

16.74

16.70

16.58

16.49

0.186

0.75

0.71

 N-feces

2.80

2.69

3.19

3.20

3.19

0.112

0.05

0.66

 N-urine

10.17

10.55

9.95

10.21

10.22

0.141

0.84

0.94

 N-retention

3.63

3.50

3.55

3.16

3.09

0.127

0.08

0.70

 N-digestibility (%)

21.81

20.90

21.24

19.10

18.73

0.692

0.13

0.81

  1. aA total of 15 barrows with an initial body weight 34.7 ± 0.24 kg
  2. bStandard error of the mean
  3. cN retention = N intake – Fecal N – Urinary N