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Table 4 Performance of pigs during late finishing periods (experiment 3)

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

103

103

100

101

101

0.40

0.110

0.052

0.195

FBW, kg

128

129

127

129

127

0.51

0.507

0.507

0.871

ADFI, kg

3.34

3.31

3.32

3.33

3.32

0.00

0.165

0.294

0.218

Val intake, g

10.4e

11.0d

11.7c

12.4b

13.0a

0.22

0.000

0.000

0.410

Val:G

11.3

11.2

12.0

12.4

13.7

0.27

0.006

0.000

0.445

ADG, kg

0.92

0.99

0.98

1.01

0.96

0.01

0.407

0.317

0.130

F:G

3.64

3.36

3.41

3.32

3.48

0.05

0.360

0.329

0.108

  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 = 4