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. 2016 Oct 24;58:37. doi: 10.1186/s40781-016-0119-z

Table 4.

Effects of dietary energy and protein levels on growth performance in growing-finishing pigsa

Criteria Treatments SEMb P-value
ME 3,265 ME 3,365 CON P4 P5 LP5 E P E×P
Body weight, kg
 Initial 26.27 26.35 26.25 26.31 26.32 26.37 - - -
 3 weeks 43.62 43.41 43.14 42.64 44.39 43.89 0.740 0.90 0.88 0.86
 6 weeks 61.39 61.11 61.45 59.90 62.33 61.32 0.893 0.89 0.85 0.85
 9 weeks 80.98 79.43 81.20 78.42 80.40 80.80 0.998 0.46 0.79 0.44
 12 weeks 100.67 99.86 101.27 98.06 100.60 101.12 1.134 0.74 0.77 0.66
 13 weeks 107.75 107.64 107.67 105.80 108.89 108.43 1.190 0.97 0.84 0.58
ADG, g
 0-3 weeks 826 812 804 778 861 835 16.1 0.66 0.30 0.28
 3-6 weeks 846 843 872 823 855 830 17.8 0.94 0.79 0.84
 6-9 weeks 933 872 941 882 860 928 22.0 0.77 0.56 0.61
 9-12 weeks 938 973 956 936 962 968 20.0 0.17 0.52 0.28
 12-13 weeks 1,012 1,112 913 1,106 1,185 1,044 50.4 0.42 0.96 0.60
 0-6 weeks 836 828 838 800 858 832 13.6 0.33 0.30 0.55
 6-13 weeks 946 950 943 937 950 962 11.2 0.89 0.90 0.41
 0-13 weeks 895 894 895 874 908 902 10.6 0.92 0.72 0.41
ADFI, g
 0-3 weeks 1,644 1,678 1,672 1,606 1,751 1,616 42.8 0.71 0.67 0.70
 3-6 weeks 2,177 2,138 2,202 2,081 2,246 2,102 48.4 0.71 0.64 0.94
 6-9 weeks 2,583 2,595 2,702 2,514 2,599 2,541 48.3 0.98 0.61 0.90
 9-12 weeks 2,903 2,875 2,924 2,931 2,957 2,743 42.1 0.92 0.61 0.96
 12-13 weeks 3,035 3,252 3,146 3,274 3,069 3,085 53.0 0.73 0.25 0.19
 0-6 weeks 1,911 1,908 1,937 1,843 1,999 1,859 42.3 0.49 0.22 0.43
 6-13 weeks 2,785 2,808 2,860 2,801 2,819 2,705 34.5 0.97 0.41 0.89
 0-13 weeks 2,381 2,393 2,434 2,359 2,440 2,314 35.1 0.99 0.50 0.92
G/F ratio
 0-3 weeks 0.510 0.487 0.483 0.485 0.497 0.530 0.0103 0.28 0.38 0.55
 3-6 weeks 0.391 0.397 0.399 0.395 0.382 0.400 0.0073 0.69 0.84 0.60
 6-9 weeks 0.363 0.340 0.350 0.355 0.333 0.369 0.0099 0.76 0.71 0.67
 9-12 weeks 0.326 0.339 0.327 0.322 0.329 0.354 0.0082 0.26 0.66 0.41
 12-13 weeks 0.337 0.342 0.292 0.337 0.392 0.339 0.0174 0.45 0.57 0.67
 0-6 weeks 0.441 0.437 0.436 0.435 0.432 0.453 0.0066 0.35 0.46 0.77
 6-13 weeks 0.342 0.339 0.331 0.335 0.338 0.357 0.0052 0.98 0.31 0.77
 0-13 weeks 0.378 0.375 0.369 0.371 0.373 0.392 0.0050 0.92 0.33 0.78

aA total 128 crossbred pigs was fed from average initial body 26.62 ± 3.07 kg and the average final body weight was 107.7 kg. bStandard error of mean