Table 3. Effect of dietary supplementation of
Silybum marianum
seed (SMS) extract on the nutrient digestibility in weaned piglets
1)
Items (%)
SMS extract (%)
SEM
p
-value
0
0.05
0.10
Linear
Quadratic
Dry matter
80.26
80.89
81.19
1.716
0.707
0.938
Nitrogen
78.60
79.31
79.61
1.766
0.691
0.925
Energy
79.28
80.15
80.50
1.714
0.618
0.902
Values represent the means of eight pens with 2 pigs per replicate pen (n = 16) per treatment.