Table 5.

Characteristics of the included experiments used for model validation: (1) Adeola et al.⁽⁷⁸⁾; (2) Pomar et al.⁽⁷⁷⁾; and (3) Ekpe et al.⁽⁷⁶⁾

	Adeola et al.(78)	Pomar et al.(77)	Ekpe et al.(76)
Initial BW (kg)	24·7–25·6	16·3	50·9–56·6
Final BW (kg)	34·3–33·5	98·8–106·2	57·3–64·2
Number of pigs per dietary treatment	8	8–10	4
Trial length (d)	14	87	8
Housing type	Individually housed	Individually housed	Individually housed
ME feed content (MJ/kg of feed)	13·5–13·9	13·7–13·8	13·1
Crude protein feed content (g/kg of feed)	183–184	153–169	155–158
STTD P feed content (g/kg of feed)	1·54–5·15	1·23–3·1	1·91–3·84
(kg)	28·7*	21·9*	27·2*
B	0·0125*	0·0212*	0·0158*
Lm (kg)	53·6*	57·8*	40·9*

BW, body weight; ME, metabolisable energy; STTD P, standardised total tract digestible P; protein weight at maturity; B, daily growth rate; L_m, lipid at maturity.

^*Estimations of values not reported.