Table 4. Effects of dietary fiber sources supplementation in lactation diet on serum glucose level in sows and piglets
| | Treatment (%)1) | SEM | p-value |
| Control | BP | BPPK | PK |
| Sow | | | | | | |
| Glucose (mg/dL) | | | | | | |
| Initial (110 day) | ----------76---------- | | |
| 24 h postpartum | 92.00ab | 85.00b | 99.67a | 84.67b | 4.831 | 0.02 |
| 21st day of lactation | 71.25 | 71.25 70.75 | 71.25 | 1.925 | 0.99 |
| Piglet | | | | | | |
| Glucose (mg/dL) | | | | | | |
| 24 h postpartum | 98.40 | 81.00 | 95.00 | 87.60 | 3.682 | 0.48 |
| 21st day of lactation | 112.00 | 123.50 | 117.68 | 123.00 | 3.192 | 0.59 |
Treatment: Control, corn-soybean meal (SBM)-DDGS based diet; BP, corn-soybean meal (SBM)-DDGS based diet with 3% of beet pulp; BPPK, corn-soybean meal (SBM)-DDGS based diet with 1.5% of beet pulp and 2% of palm kernel meal; PK, corn-soybean meal (SBM)-DDGS based diet with 4% of palm kernel meal.
Means with different superscripts in the same row significantly differ (p < 0.05). DDGS, distiller’s dried grains with solubles.