Figure 4.
The relationship between the predicted efficiency of use of metabolizable energy (ME) for growth (kG) and RE as a protein. (A) Comparison of different studies: the ratio of kFat to kProt (equation 18) was 3.75 (Tedeschi et al., 2004), 2.52 (Cannas et al., 2006; Tedeschi et al., 2010), 2.32 (Chizzotti et al., 2008), and 2.85 (Marcondes et al., 2013). (B) Assuming variable kFat to kProt as a function of EWG based on equations 21 and 22, and assuming a maximum kG of 98%. (A) was adapted from Tedeschi and Fox (2018) with permission.