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Table 4 Effects of increasing soybean meal inclusion on growth performance and caloric efficiency of pigs, Exp. 1a

From: Estimate of the energy value of soybean meal relative to corn based on growth performance of nursery pigs

 

Soybean meal, %

SEM

Probability, P

Item

21

27

33

39

Linear

Quadratic

BW, kg

 d 0

11.0

11.0

11.0

11.0

0.15

< 0.894

< 0.993

 d 21

22.3

22.3

22.4

22.0

0.28

< 0.263

< 0.180

d 0 to 21

 ADG, g

537

537

543

524

7.3

< 0.207

< 0.090

 ADFI, g

824

822

815

804

11.7

< 0.092

< 0.579

 G:F, g/kg

652

653

667

653

5.1

< 0.390

< 0.069

 CE, kcal/kg gain

3801

3738

3600

3623

28.8

< 0.001

< 0.063

 Culls and mortality, %

0.72

0.36

0.36

0.36

0.356

< 0.457

< 0.596

  1. aA total of 2233 pigs (initially 11.0 kg) were used in a 21-d study with 20 to 27 pigs per pen and 23 replicates per treatment
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Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

ISSN: 2049-1891