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

Table 6 Effect of rapeseed meal on growing pigs performance (Exp.2)^a

Item	Basal	EP-RSM^b		SE-RSM^c		SEM	P-value
Item	Basal	10%	20%	10%	20%	SEM	P-value
Initial BW, kg	35.9	36.0	36.1	36.1	36.1	2.0	0.99
Final BW, kg	62.0	62.2	61.3	61.0	61.5	2.4	0.99
ADFI, g/d	2,093	2,059	1,996	2,019	2,086	75	0.86
ADG, g/d	929	937	901	891	910	24	0.64
G:F	0.446	0.458	0.454	0.442	0.436	0.010	0.71
NE intake, MJ/d	21.96	21.58	20.91	20.60	20.69	0.78	0.68
Caloric efficiency, MJ/kg
DE	31.93	31.24	31.60	31.47	31.16	0.72	0.95
ME	30.80	30.10	30.39	30.21	29.77	0.70	0.88
NE	23.60	23.00	23.16	23.13	22.78	0.53	0.86

^a A total of 175 pigs were used in an 28-d study. There were five pigs per pen and seven pens per treatment
^bEP-RSM, expelled press rapeseed meal
^cSE-RSM, solvent extracted rapeseed meal

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