Concerns about the misleading conclusions regarding estimation of the net energy value of soybean meal relative to corn using the caloric efficiency approach in pigs

Table 2 The net energy values of corn and soybean meal from NRC [1] and from Li et al. [10] in both dry matter basis and as-fed basis

Items	Dry matter basis	As-fed basis
Net energy value of corn, kcal/kg
From NRC [1]	3026	2672
From Li et al. [10]	2978	2604
Net energy value of soybean meal^a, kcal/kg
From NRC [1]	2419	2148
From Li et al. [10]	2709	2403

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