Table 9.

Effect of increasing dietary energy density and restricting intake on retained energy¹

	Factor means				Difference
	H	L	80	120	Diet2	Intake3
NRC	3.18	−3.73	4.90	4.34	6.91	9.27
Ferrell and Jenkins (1984, 1)	10.84	3.76	2.02	12.57	7.08	10.55
Ferrell and Jenkins (1984, 2)	16.00	9.53	7.30	18.23	6.47	10.92
Gresham et al. (1986)	5.93	−0.51	−1.24	6.66	6.43	7.90
Wagner et al. (1988, 1)	4.39	0.09	−0.49	4.97	4.30	5.47
Wagner et al. (1988, 2)	11.08	6.60	5.06	12.62	4.48	7.56
Wagner et al. (1988, 3)	11.10	6.54	5.07	12.57	4.56	7.50
Wagner et al. (1988, 4)	−1.44	−4.99	−4.74	−1.69	3.55	3.05
Means	7.64	2.16	2.24	8.78	5.47	7.78

¹kcal/kg EBW^0.75.

²Calculated as H − L

³Calculated as 120 − 80.