Table 3.
Quintile means for variables related to growth performance measurements in the dataset
| Item1 | Quintile2 | SEM3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Number of pens | 149 | 150 | 149 | 150 | 149 | — |
| Initial SBW, kg | 368.0 | 366.8 | 368.7 | 364.6 | 363.8 | 4.21 |
| Carcass-adjusted final SBW, kg | 629.5a | 623.1a | 621.9a | 606.1b | 597.5b | 5.16 |
| Mean feeding SBW, kg | 498.4a | 494.8a,b | 495.4a | 485.3b,c | 480.6c | 4.38 |
| Days on feed | 149.5 | 151.2 | 151.8 | 151.2 | 151.2 | 2.00 |
| Carcass-adjusted SWG, kg | 1.77a | 1.72b | 1.69b | 1.62c | 1.55d | 0.014 |
| Dry matter intake, kg | 9.70a | 9.95a,b | 10.08b | 9.99b | 10.16b | 0.103 |
| Gain:feed ratio4 | 0.185a | 0.174b | 0.169c | 0.163d | 0.154e | 0.0009 |
1BW, body weight; SBW, shrunk BW; SWG, daily SBW gain.
2Quintles are based on NEm residuals (formulated NEm minus growth performance-predicted NEm), where Quintile 1 has the most negative differences and Quintile 5 has the most positive differences.
3Standard error of quintile means. The largest SEM value is reported.
4Carcass-adjusted SWG, kg/dry matter intake, kg.
a,b,c,d,eRow means that do not have the same superscript differ, P < 0.05.