Soluble Fiber and Insoluble Fiber Regulate Colonic Microbiota and Barrier Function in a Piglet Model

Table 1

Ingredients and nutrient composition of the basal diet (air dry basis).

Item	Content
Ingredient composition (%)
Maize	30.26
Extruded maize	29.62
Extruded soybean meal	8.45
Soybean meal	9.50
Fish meal	4.00
Whey powder	6.00
Sucrose	2.50
Soybean protein concentrate	6.10
Soybean oil	1.50
DL-Met, 99%	0.07
L-Lys-HCl, 78%	0.26
L-Thr, 98.5%	0.01
L-Trp, 98%	0.01
Choline chloride, 50%	0.15
NaCl	0.20
Limestone	0.61
Monocalcium phosphate	0.41
Vitamin premix^1	0.05
Trace mineral premix^2	0.30
Total	100.00
Calculated composition
Digestible energy (Mcal/kg)	3.52
Crude protein (%)	19.02
Calcium (%)	0.75
Total phosphorus (%)	0.56
Available phosphorus (%)	0.37
Digestible Lys (%)	1.29
Digestible Met (%)	0.39
Digestible Trp (%)	0.22
Digestible Thr (%)	0.78
Digestible Met + Cys (%)	0.61

¹Vitamin premix provided the following per kg of diets: vitamin A, 9000 IU; vitamin D₃, 3000 IU; vitamin E, 20.0 IU; vitamin K₃, 3.0 mg; vitamin B₁, 1.5 mg; vitamin B₂, 4.0 mg; vitamin B₆, 3.0 mg; vitamin B₁₂, 0.2 mg; niacin, 30.0 mg; pantothenic acid, 15.0 mg; folic acid, 0.75 mg; biotin, 0.1 mg. ²Mineral premix provided the following per kg of diets: 100 mg Fe (as FeSO₄·H₂O); 6 mg Cu (as CuSO₄·5H₂O); 100 mg Zn (as ZnSO₄·H₂O); 4 mg Mn (as MnSO₄·H₂O); 0·14 mg I (as KI); 0·3 mg Se (as Na₂SeO₃).