Inclusion of purified dietary fiber during gestation improved the reproductive performance of sows

Table 9 Effect of dietary fiber levels on fecal scores of gestating sows

Item	Gestation stage					Diets						SEM	P-value
	Day 1	Day 10	Day 20	Day 30	Day 40	CON	DF1	DF2	DF3	DF4	DF5		Stage	Diets	S × D	Linear	Quadratic
Scores	2.93^a	2.68^b	2.69^b	2.57^b	2.71^b	2.42^b	2.70^ab	2.74^a	2.73^a	2.83^a	2.86^a	0.07	< 0.01	< 0.01	0.84	< 0.01	< 0.01

Data are expressed as mean ± largest SEM. Sows were regarded as the experimental units, n = 30, 33, 32, 32, 31 and 32 for CON, DF1, DF2, DF3, DF4 and DF5 at each stage of gestation, respectively. ^{a, b} denote P < 0.05. CON, basal corn-soybean diet; DF1, wheat bran-rich diet; DF2, DF3, DF4 and DF5 were wheat bran diet supplemented with 1%, 2%, 3% and 4% of FIBER MIX at the expense of wheat bran

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