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Item, %	Water source¹	SE	P-value
No. of observations	15	15	15	–	–
Dry matter	79.05	78.00	78.30	0.41	0.195
Crude protein	71.72	69.84	70.05	1.07	0.170
Crude fiber	26.04	16.34	16.17	3.34	0.995
Ash	56.57^a	56.55^a	59.02^b	0.66	0.016
Ether extract	5.62	2.40	6.60	4.69	0.804
Gross energy	76.45	75.12	75.24	0.50	0.125

Item, %	Water source¹	SE	P-value
No. of observations	15	15	15	–	–
Dry matter	79.05	78.00	78.30	0.41	0.195
Crude protein	71.72	69.84	70.05	1.07	0.170
Crude fiber	26.04	16.34	16.17	3.34	0.995
Ash	56.57^a	56.55^a	59.02^b	0.66	0.016
Ether extract	5.62	2.40	6.60	4.69	0.804
Gross energy	76.45	75.12	75.24	0.50	0.125

Table 4.

Effects of water quality on apparent total tract digestibility of nutrients in diets fed to nursery pigs (days 10, 11, and 12 of experiment)

Item, %	Water source¹			SE	P-value
Item, %	A	B	C	SE	P-value
No. of observations	15	15	15	–	–
Dry matter	79.05	78.00	78.30	0.41	0.195
Crude protein	71.72	69.84	70.05	1.07	0.170
Crude fiber	26.04	16.34	16.17	3.34	0.995
Ash	56.57^a	56.55^a	59.02^b	0.66	0.016
Ether extract	5.62	2.40	6.60	4.69	0.804
Gross energy	76.45	75.12	75.24	0.50	0.125

Item, %	Water source¹			SE	P-value
Item, %	A	B	C	SE	P-value
No. of observations	15	15	15	–	–
Dry matter	79.05	78.00	78.30	0.41	0.195
Crude protein	71.72	69.84	70.05	1.07	0.170
Crude fiber	26.04	16.34	16.17	3.34	0.995
Ash	56.57^a	56.55^a	59.02^b	0.66	0.016
Ether extract	5.62	2.40	6.60	4.69	0.804
Gross energy	76.45	75.12	75.24	0.50	0.125

A (1,410 ppm hardness [CaCO₃ equivalent], 1,120 ppm sulfate, 1,500 ppm TDS); B (909 ppm hardness [CaCO₃ equivalent], 617 ppm sulfate, 1,050 ppm TDS); C (235 ppm hardness [CaCO₃ equivalent], 2 ppm sulfate, 348 ppm TDS).

Means within a row with different superscripts differ (P < 0.05).

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