Table 3. The effects of CP and AA level on nutrient digestibility in growing pigs.
Variable | CP (%) | SEM | p-value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
17.2 | 15.7 | |||||
Lysine (%) | ||||||
1.10 | 1.10 | 1.15 | 1.20 | |||
Phase 1 (d 14) | ||||||
DM | 84.50 | 85.00 | 83.98 | 84.85 | 0.85 | 0.652 |
ME | 80.22 | 79.71 | 79.12 | 79.50 | 0.71 | 0.494 |
CP | 80.07 | 79.51 | 78.44 | 80.48 | 1.41 | 0.524 |
Phase 2 (d 28) | ||||||
DM | 84.36 | 84.24 | 83.39 | 84.21 | 0.65 | 0.443 |
ME | 79.24 | 79.52 | 78.47 | 79.36 | 1.12 | 0.794 |
CP | 79.48 | 78.21 | 79.17 | 79.29 | 1.64 | 0.867 |
Phase 3 (d 42) | ||||||
DM | 83.98 | 83.52 | 83.07 | 83.79 | 0.69 | 0.589 |
ME | 78.78 | 78.30 | 78.04 | 79.01 | 1.08 | 0.801 |
CP | 78.42 | 78.39 | 78.10 | 78.40 | 1.54 | 0.996 |
CP, crude protein; AA, amino acid; DM, dry matter; ME, metabolizable energy.