Table 2.
Items | SID valine:lysine ratio (%) | SEM | p-value | |||||
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50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | Treatment | Linear | Quadratic | ||
Feed intake (g/d) | 607 | 640 | 657 | 629 | 34.5 | 0.49 | 0.43 | 0.20 |
Weight gain (g/d) | 383 | 412 | 426 | 397 | 17.9 | 0.07 | 0.27 | 0.02 |
Feed efficiency | 0.64 | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.64 | 0.03 | 0.98 | 0.87 | 0.72 |
Daily SID valine intake (g/d) | 4.07 | 5.06 | 5.99 | 6.48 | 0.27 | <0.01 | <0.01 | 0.23 |
SEM, standard error of the mean. N = 6.