Skip to main content

Table 3 Performance of pigs during finishing periods (experiment 2)

From: Short communication: Estimation of the dietary standardized ileal digestible valine to lysine ratio required for 40 to 130 kg pigs during the finisher periods

 

SID Val to Lys ratio

 

P value

Item

0.61

0.65

0.69

0.73

0.77

SEM

ANOVA

Linear

Quadratic

IBW, kg

76.8

77.2

75.7

76.2

76.1

0.19

0.093

0.068

0.527

FBW, kg

100

103

104

103

102

0.52

0.089

0.422

0.009

ADFI, kg

2.91b

3.07ab

3.17a

3.15a

3.06ab

0.03

0.005

0.016

0.001

Val intake, g

11.1d

12.4c

13.7b

14.4b

15.1a

0.30

0.000

0.000

0.021

Val:G

12.2c

12.4bc

12.4c

13.9b

15.4a

0.29

0.000

0.000

0.004

ADG, kg

0.91b

1.00ab

1.11a

1.04ab

0.99ab

0.02

0.013

0.107

0.002

F:G

3.22

3.07

2.87

3.04

3.11

0.04

0.062

0.343

0.011

  1. Abbreviations: SID = standardized ileal digestible; IBW = initial bodyweight; FBW = final bodyweight; ADFI = average daily feed intake; Val intake = daily SID Val intake; Val: G = daily SID Val intake (g)/average daily gain (kg); ADG = average daily gain; F:G = feed to gain ratio; n = 5
Back to article page

Porcine Health Management

ISSN: 2055-5660

Contact us