Table 11.

Main effects of soybean hulls and DDGS on nursery pig performance, experiment 4¹

Item					SEM			SEM	Probability, P <
	Soybean hulls, %					DDGS, %			Soybean hulls
	0	5	10	15		0	20		Linear	Quadratic	DDGS
d 0 to 21
ADG, g	523	528	521	506	9.94	526	513	7	0.18	0.28	0.17
ADFI, g	813	822	821	809	16.4	825	807	11	0.85	0.52	0.26
G:F	0.644	0.644	0.636	0.623	0.008	0.639	0.636	0.005	0.08	0.51	0.72
Caloric efficiency2	3.71	3.59	3.51	3.44	0.04	3.53	3.59	0.03	0.01	0.53	0.15
BW, kg
d 0	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.6	0.18	11.7	11.7	0.1	0.77	0.82	0.94
d 21	22.7	22.7	22.9	22.2	0.33	22.8	22.5	0.2	0.41	0.32	0.40

¹A total of 304 pigs (PIC 337 × 1050, initially 11.7 ± 0.2 kg) were used in a 21-d growth trial with nine replications per treatment.

²Caloric efficiencies, Mcal/kg gain = (total feed intake, kg × dietary NE, Mcal/kg) ÷ total weight gain, kg.