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The effects of fermented soybean meal on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, blood profiles and fecal microflora of weaned pigs were evaluated. A total of 100 weaning pigs withan initial average body weight (BW) of 8.27 ± 1.10 kg were randomly allotted into 1 of 2 dietary treatments in a 6-week trial. There were 10 replicate pens in each treatment with 5 pigs per pen. The dietary treatments included: 1) control, basal diet (CON); 2) fermented soybean meal (FSBM), basal diet supplemented with 5% fermented soybean meal. The average daily feed intake (ADFI) was significantly improved with the dietary supplementation of fermented soybean meal (FSBM) compared with control during phases 2. The dietary supplementation with 5% fermented soybean meal (FSBM) had significant effect on gain to feed ratio (G:F) during the overall experiment period. However, no difference in apparent total tract digestibility was observed between CON and FMSB treatments. There was no significant difference in the fecal microflora between CON and FMSB treatments. Collectively, the results of this study indicated that dietary supplementation of 5% fermented soybean meal improved body weight and average daily gain (ADG), average daily feed intake (ADFI), feed efficiency of weaning pigs, but there were no effects on apparent total tract digestibility of dry matter (DM), nitrogen, energy and blood profile as well as fecal microflora.