Table 2.

Live body weights and gains in different diets and genetic groups used.

Trait	Diet (D)			Genetic group (G)				RSD
	D1	D2	D3	V-line	Saudi-1	Saudi-2	Saudi-3
No. of animals	97	103	99	83	77	63	76
Live weight, g
6 weeks	1014c	1059b	1182a	1099a	1021b	1118a	1103a	158
7 weeks	1263c	1290b	1434a	1337a	1267b	1382a	1332a	225
8 weeks	1489c	1534b	1687a	1583ab	1528b	1617a	1553b	251
9 weeks	1767c	1793b	1946a	1819b	1830ab	1898a	1794b	272
10 weeks	2040c	2141b	2272a	2179ab	2123ab	2205a	2097b	261
11 weeks	2302c	2381b	2564a	2458a	2374b	2466a	2365b	255
12 weeks	2540c	2653b	2843a	2720a	2630b	2728a	2635b	292
Daily weight gain, g/d
5–6 weeks	29.1c	31.2b	37.5a	36.1a	29.1b	34.4ac	31.0bc	10.0
6–7 weeks	35.6ab	32.9b	36.0a	35.1ab	33.9b	37.6a	32.6b	12.5
7–8 weeks	32.2b	34.9a	36.2a	37.3a	33.2ab	35.6a	31.6b	12.2
8–9 weeks	38.4a	39.4a	39.2a	40.9a	36.6b	40.7a	37.6ab	10.4
9–10 weeks	38.3b	45.0a	46.4a	43.7a	40.2b	46.1ab	42.8ab	12.9
10–11 weeks	35.5b	39.1a	41.7a	37.0a	38.6a	40.9a	38.6a	18.6
11–12 weeks	32.9b	38.8a	39.6a	38.8a	36.6a	36.4a	37.0a	15.1

RSD, residual standard deviation.

^a,b,c Values having different superscripts within each row are significantly different (P < 0.05).