Predicting corn digestible and metabolizable energy content from its chemical composition in growing pigs

Table 8 Comparison of digestible energy contents in corn determined by using the in vivo method and prediction model (kcal/kg of DM)

Test	Observed	Predicted	Difference
1	4,084.05	3,996.40	87.64
2	4,108.22	4,040.57	67.65
3	4,140.16	4,101.24	38.92
4	4,023.51	4,019.85	3.66
5	4,113.16	4,047.87	65.29
6	3,950.07	4,050.91	−100.84
7	4,058.73	4,085.59	−26.85
8	4,054.97	4,062.27	−7.30
9	4,046.38	4,007.67	38.71
10	3,997.07	3,989.82	7.25
11	4,044.88	3,969.98	74.89
12	4,062.20	4,042.23	19.97
13	4,062.67	3,994.71	67.95
14	4,009.57	3,974.33	35.23
15	3,957.41	3,962.92	−5.51
16	4,036.46	4,036.31	0.15
17	3,983.54	3,970.58	12.96
18	4,011.42	3,993.93	17.49
19	3,932.03	3,951.91	−19.88
20	3,980.49	4,035.48	−54.99
21	4,065.07	4,054.47	61.22
22	4,024.33	4043.60	−19.28
23	4,025.92	4,020.54	5.38
24	4,020.02	4,024.04	−4.02
25	4,016.88	4,005.85	11.03
26	4,051.08	3,996.01	55.06
27	4,058.55	3,987.99	70.57
28	4,051.18	4,018.28	32.90
29	4,088.96	4,036.06	52.90
30	4,087.01	4,028.30	58.71
31	4,121.96	4,017.35	104.61
32	4,084.62	4,055.96	28.66
33	4,002.90	4,050.52	−47.62
34	3,979.24	4,014.76	−35.52
35	4,003.71	4,022.21	−18.50
36	4,066.90	4,022.56	44.34
37	3,934.52	4,003.62	−69.10
38	4,041.55	4,038.95	2.59
39	4,029.50	4,062.03	−32.54
40	3,991.01	4,031.85	−40.84
SD^*	49.74	32.93
RSD^※*			46.75
P-value			0.16

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