Table 10.

Main effects of soybean hulls and DDGS on nursery pig performance, experiment 3¹

Item						SEM			SEM	Probability, P <
	Soybean hulls, %						DDGS2			Soybean hulls		DDGS
	0	3	6	9	12		−	+		Linear	Quadratic
d 0 to 42
ADG, g	553	544	551	544	529	12	555	533	7.0	0.23	0.55	0.04
ADFI, g	826	820	854	853	807	23	857	807	14.0	0.95	0.20	0.02
G:F	0.670	0.665	0.647	0.638	0.658	0.007	0.648	0.662	0.005	0.03	0.04	0.06
Caloric efficiency3	3.58	3.54	3.56	3.54	3.37	0.04	3.52	3.51	0.03	0.01	0.05	0.73
BW, kg
d 0	6.7	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	0.3	6.6	6.6	0.2	0.98	0.92	0.92
d 42	29.9	29.5	29.8	29.7	28.9	0.8	30.0	29.1	0.5	0.47	0.65	0.16

¹A total of 600 nursery pigs (PIC C-29 × 359, initially 6.6 ± 0.10 kg) were used in a 42-d growth trial with 10 replications per pen.

²Phase 1 = 15% DDGS, Phase 2 = 30% DDGS.

³Caloric efficiencies, Mcal/kg gain = (total feed intake, kg × dietary NE, Mcal/kg) ÷ total weight gain, kg.