Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Table 5 Effects of increasing soybean meal inclusion on growth performance and caloric efficiency of pigs, Exp. 2^a

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	17.5	22.0	26.5	31.0	35.5	40.0	SEM	Linear	Quadratic
BW, kg
d 0	17.5	17.6	17.5	17.6	17.6	17.6	0.20	< 0.801	< 0.997
d 22	35.6	35.8	35.5	35.4	35.5	35.4	0.28	< 0.272	< 0.987
d 0 to 22
ADG, g	820	825	818	809	812	809	7.4	< 0.065	< 0.922
ADFI, g	1500	1509	1473	1424	1415	1401	18.1	< 0.001	< 0.957
G:F, g/kg	547	548	556	568	574	578	5.4	< 0.001	< 0.893
CE, kcal/kg gain	4491	4450	4342	4203	4126	4055	43.6	< 0.001	< 0.955
Culls and mortality, %	0.58	0.89	0.71	0.43	0.14	0.14	0.447	< 0.050	< 0.377

^aA total of 3796 pigs (initially 17.6 kg) were used in a 22-d study with 37 to 43 pigs per pen and 14 replicates per treatment

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