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Table 3 Validation statistic of DE and ME of corn fed to growing pigs (MJ/kg, dry matter basis)

From: Use of near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy for the rapid determination of the digestible energy and metabolizable energy content of corn fed to growing pigs

Constituent

n

Mean

SDa

SEPb

RSQv c

RPDv d

DED e

29

16.31

0.741

0.275

0.86

2.69

MED e

29

15.93

0.730

0.276

0.86

2.64

DEC f

29

16.38

0.708

0.279

0.84

2.53

MEC f

29

16.10

0.676

0.284

0.82

2.38

  1. aStandard deviation
  2. bStandard error of prediction
  3. cCoefficient of determination for validation
  4. dRPDv = SD/SEP
  5. eDE and ME values determined by digestion-metabolism experiments using growing pigs
  6. fDE and ME values calculated according to the equations of Noblet and Perez [6]
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Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

ISSN: 2049-1891