Table 6.
Item | SID-Lys:ME ratio, g/Mcal | SEM | P value | ||||||
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ANOVA | Linear | Quadratic | |||||||
Experiment 4 (29 to 47 kg) | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.2 | ||||
Weight gain, kg/d | 0.62a | 0.64ab | 0.64ab | 0.68b | 0.66b | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.22 |
Feed intake, kg/d | 1.85 | 1.80 | 1.76 | 1.74 | 1.73 | 0.06 | 0.66 | 0.34 | 0.61 |
Feed efficiency | 0.34 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.39 | 0.38 | 0.02 | 0.24 | 0.04 | 0.09 |
Experiment 5 (54 to 76 kg) | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.9 | ||||
Weight gain, kg/d | 0.73a | 0.77b | 0.80b | 0.80b | 0.79b | 0.01 | < 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
Feed intake, g/d | 2.44 | 2.44 | 2.38 | 2.35 | 2.34 | 0.08 | 0.86 | 0.49 | 0.79 |
Feed efficiency | 0.30 | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.01 | 0.16 | 0.05 | 0.10 |
Experiment 6 (84 to 109 kg) | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.6 | ||||
Weight gain, kg/d | 0.79ab | 0.76a | 0.88c | 0.86c | 0.84bc | 0.03 | < 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.06 |
Feed intake, kg/d | 3.26 | 3.20 | 3.34 | 3.35 | 3.15 | 0.10 | 0.24 | 0.86 | 0.57 |
Feed efficiency | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.27 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.08 |
a-cMeans in the same row with different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05).
1Value represent means of six pens with 11 to 15 pigs per pen during a 28-d period.