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. 2019 Aug 7;14(8):e0220441. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220441

Table 2. Growth performance and carcass traits of growing-finishing pigs fed diets based on soybean meal (SBM) or rapeseed meal (RSM).

Diet SEM p-value; effect of diet
SBM RSM
Number of pigs 42 42
Live weight, kg
       Initial 29.2 28.8 0.19 0.139
       End of growing period 64.4 62.2 0.46 0.002
       At slaughter 112.2 107.5 0.66 0.001
Days in experiment 88.1 88.1 0.45 0.777
Growing period
       ADG1, g 837.6 795.2 9.16 0.002
       ADFI2, g 1707.0 1678.0 13.00 0.119
       FCR3, g feed/g gain 2.0 2.1 0.02 0.007
       NE:gain, MJ/kg gain 19.0 19.5 0.17 0.017
Finishing period
       ADG, g 1039.4 986.9 11.04 0.002
       ADFI, g 2557.0 2470.0 17.70 0.002
       FCR, g feed/g gain 2.5 2.5 0.02 0.223
       NE:gain, MJ/kg gain 22.9 23.2 0.21 0.390
Overall period
       ADG, g 942.9 895.0 7.69 0.001
       ADFI, g 2151.0 2088.0 13.40 0.004
       FCR, g feed/g gain 2.29 2.34 0.01 0.012
       NE:gain, MJ/kg gain 21.2 21.6 0.12 0.047
Carcass traits4
       Carcass weight, kg 78.7 73.8 0.51 0.001
       Dressing percentage 70.1 68.7 0.26 0.001
       Carcass lean percentage 61.9 62.1 0.25 0.845
       Kg feed: kg carcass 2.4 2.5 0.01 0.001

1Average daily gain

2Average daily feed intake

3Feed conversion ratio

4 SBM diet: N = 41 and RSM diet: N = 42