Table 7.
Item | Corn | Torula yeast | Fish meal | SEM | P-value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
GE intake, kcal/d | 2,894b | 3,217a | 3,248a | 64.34 | 0.001 |
GE output in feces, kcal/d | 311b | 350ab | 378a | 18.78 | 0.016 |
GE output in urine, kcal/d | 62b | 140a | 140a | 7.54 | <0.001 |
ATTD of GE, % | 89.3 | 89.1 | 88.4 | 0.54 | 0.310 |
ATTD of DM, % | 90.6a | 90.3a | 88.1b | 0.50 | 0.001 |
DE, kcal/kg | 3,349b | 3,495a | 3,504a | 20.85 | <0.001 |
ME, kcal/kg | 3,265y | 3,324x | 3,332x | 21.15 | 0.066 |
1Data are least square means of 8 observations.
2Values for daily intake or output are the average of a 4-d collection period.
a,bMeans within a row lacking a common superscript letter are different (P < 0.05).
x,yMeans within a row lacking a common superscript letter tend to be different (P < 0.10).