. 2019 Apr 5;3(2):676–691. doi: 10.1093/tas/txz028

Table 5.

Concentrations of digestible energy (DE), metabolizable (ME) energy, and energy ratios in corn, fish waste (FW), supermarket waste (SMW), and fruits and vegetable waste (FVW) determined in experiment 1 (DM¹ basis)

Item	Corn	FW	SMW	FVW	SEM	P value
DE, kcal/kg	3,928^b	5,057^a	5,071^a	2,570^c	98.91	<0.01
ME, kcal/kg	3,875^b	4,820^a	4,922^a	2,460^c	87.96	<0.01
Energy ratios
DE:GE²	0.86^a	0.79^a	0.80^a	0.62^b	0.02	<0.01
ME:GE	0.85^a	0.78^b	0.76^b	0.60^c	0.02	<0.01
ME:DE	0.98^a	0.95^c	0.97^b	0.96^bc	0.004	<0.01

^a,b,cMeans with different superscripts within a row differ (P < 0.05).

¹DM = dry matter.

²GE = gross energy.