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Table 1 Back fat thickness (mm), muscle thickness (mm), meat percentage (%) and bodyweight (kg) of piglets after the high fat challenge (n = 9 for DS CON, DS HF, RS CON and n = 11 for RS HF)

From: Maternal dietary resistant starch does not improve piglet’s gut and liver metabolism when challenged with a high fat diet

Treatment

Back fat thickness

Muscle thickness

Meat percentage

Bodyweight at 10 weeks Post-weaning

DS CON

6.0

42.3

63.5

37.6

DS HF

7.1

44.0

62.7

35.4

RS CON

5.8

40.6

63.4

38.0

RS HF

8.5

42.5

61.5

36.2

Global SEM

0.3

1.0

0.2

0.9

P-values

 Maternal treatment

0.22

0.43

0.11

0.73

 Piglet treatment

< 0.001

0.37

< 0.001

0.28

 Interaction

0.10

0.94

0.19

0.92

  1. DS CON digestible starch maternal diet combined with a control piglet diet, DS HF digestible starch maternal diet combined with a high fat piglet diet, RS CON resistant starch maternal diet combined with a control piglet diet, RS HF resistant starch maternal diet combined with a high fat piglet diet, SEM standard error to the mean