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. 2023 Jul 19;101:skad230. doi: 10.1093/jas/skad230

Table 5.

Quintile means for variables related to net energy calculations in the dataset

Item1 Quintile2 SEM3
1 2 3 4 5
Number of pens 149 150 149 150 149
NEm required, Mcal/d 7.84 7.86 7.86 7.75 7.71 0.104
NEg required, Mcal/d 9.48a 9.09b 8.89b 8.44c 7.99d 0.110
Estimated empty body fat, % 31.0a 30.3b 30.0b,c 29.6c,d 29.2d 0.21
Empty BW, kg 562.4a 557.1a 556.1a 542.7b 535.5b 4.35
Equivalent shrunk BW, kg 409.7a 403.0a,b 400.6b,c 397.4b,c 395.7c 2.79
Adjusted final SBW, kg 585.2 588.9 590.8 583.6 581.9 3.54

1BW, body weight; SBW, shrunk BW.

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.

a,b,c,dRow means that do not have the same superscript differ, P < 0.05.