Table 3. Effects of microencapsulated mixture of organic acids (MOA) supplementation on nutrient digestibility to piglets
Items (%) | HP | LP | MOA1 | MOA2 | SE | p-value |
Week 2 |
DM | 78.5a | 77.9b | 78.7a | 79.1a | 0.3 | 0.018 |
CP | 77.0 | 77.3 | 78.0 | 77.8 | 0.3 | 0.392 |
GE | 78.2a | 76.8b | 77.7a | 78.3a | 0.3 | 0.004 |
Week 4 |
DM | 83.4a | 81.8c | 82.8b | 83.7a | 0.2 | 0.001 |
CP | 79.2 | 79.0 | 79.0 | 79.4 | 0.3 | 0.932 |
GE | 81.1 | 81.4 | 82.1 | 82.4 | 0.4 | 0.195 |
Means in the same row with different letters differ (p < 0.05).
HP, high protein diet; LP, low protein diet; MOA1, LP + 0.2% microencapsulated mixture of organic acid; MOA2, LP + 0.3% microencapsulated mixture of organic acid; DM, dry matter; CP, crude protein; GE, gross energy.