Item | SID Lys, % | SEM | P value | ||||||
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0.75 | 0.85 | 0.94 | 1.03 | 1.13 | ANOVA | Linear | Quadratic | ||
Initial bodyweight, kg | 32.25 | 32.21 | 32.23 | 32.17 | 32.21 | 0.07 | 1.00 | 0.80 | 0.92 |
Final bodyweight, kg | 56.03 | 57.27 | 57.81 | 56.75 | 56.96 | 0.38 | 0.70 | 0.64 | 0.28 |
Average daily gain, kg | 0.79 | 0.84 | 0.85 | 0.82 | 0.83 | 0.01 | 0.67 | 0.62 | 0.26 |
Average daily feed intake, kg | 1.76 | 1.74 | 1.75 | 1.62 | 1.73 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.11 | 0.36 |
Feed to gain ratio | 2.24a | 2.09ab | 2.06ab | 1.98b | 2.10a | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
Daily SID Lys intake, g | 13.20 | 14.74 | 16.48 | 16.69 | 19.55 | 0.45 | 0 | 0 | 0.27 |
Lys efficiency for bodyweight | 16.78d | 17.75cd | 19.34bc | 20.37b | 23.69a | 0.52 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 |
#Diarrhea rate, % | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.05 | P = 0.21 |