TABLE 7.
Measures of pooled effect sizes, consistency estimates, and publication bias1
| Consistency estimates |
Publication bias |
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| Variable | Pooled effect size (95% CI) | Q, df (P) | I2, % (95% CI) | Begg-Mazumdar, Kendall’s τb (P) | Egger bias (95% CI) [P] |
| ADG (g/d) | 0.39 (0.11, 0.68) | 24.59, 11 (0.0105) | 55.3 (0.0, 75.1) | 0.21 (0.3807) | 1.66 (−1.33, 4.66) [0.2446] |
| ADFI (g/d) | 0.36 (0.12, 0.60) | 15.92, 10 (0.1020) | 37.2 (0.0, 67.8) | 0.42 (0.0866) | 0.73 (−2.67, 4.13) [0.6403] |
| G:F | 0.64 (0.06, 1.22) | 14.00, 4 (0.0073) | 71.4 (0.0, 86.7) | 0.60 (0.2333) | 11.67 (−6.31, 29.65) [0.4646] |
1
ADFI, average daily feed intake; ADG, average daily growth; G:F, gain to feed ratio.