Table 3. Effect of dietary supplementation of Silybum marianum seed (SMS) extract on the nutrient digestibility in weaned piglets1)

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.