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Table 5 Energy utilization and energy value of the four ingredients (Exp. 1)a

From: Net energy of corn, soybean meal and rapeseed meal in growing pigs

Item

Corn

SBM

EP-RSM

SE-RSM

Digestibility coefficients, %

 CP

82.4

94.8

81.6

78.9

 OM

93.1

90.5

76.4

68.0

 GE

88.2

89.8

77.6

65.6

Energy utilization, %

 ME/DE

97.8

92.1

94.9

90.7

 NE/ME

78.3

70.2

74.7

76.5

 NE/DE

76.6

64.6

71.0

69.4

Energy values, MJ/kg DM

 DE

16.27

17.51

16.55

12.82

 ME

15.92

16.10

15.71

11.61

 NE

12.46

11.34

11.71

8.83

  1. a There were six pigs per treatment; SBM, soybean meal; EP-RSM, expelled press rapeseed meal; SE-RSM, solvent extracted rapeseed meal