Metabolizable lysine, g/kg | Contrast P-value | |||||||
Item | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | SEM | Linear | Quadratic | Cubic |
Dayson test | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | ||||
Pen replicates | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||
liveweight, KG | ||||||||
Initial | 231 | 232 | 228 | 234 | 3.94 | |||
42 d | 250 | 257 | 254 | 266 | 4.08 | 0.03 | 0.51 | 0.21 |
DMI,KG | 4.45 | 4.78 | 4.63 | 4.84 | 0.11 | 0.56 | 0.64 | 0.12 |
ADG,KG | 0.46 | 0.59 | 0.63 | 0.77 | 0.04 | <0.01 | 0.94 | 0.38 |
DMI/ADG | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.01 | <0.01 | 0.90 | 0.67 |
DIETARY NEM Mcal/kg NRC 1984 | ||||||||
NemMcal/kg | 1.59 | 1.65 | 1.71 | 1.83 | 0.43 | <0.01 | 0.5 | 0.82 |
NegMcal/kg | 0.98 | 1.03 | 1.09 | 1.2 | 0.38 | <0.01 | 0.5 | 0.82 |
OBS/EXP NEM Mcal/kg NRC 1984 | ||||||||
Maintenance | 0.82 | 0.86 | 0.89 | 0.96 | 0.02 | <0.01 | 0.49 | 0.75 |
Gain | 0.76 | 0.81 | 0.86 | 0.95 | 0.02 | <0.01 | 0.49 | 0.76 |
Sickdays | 7.44 | 5.08 | 7.33 | 7.74 | 1.3 | 0.59 | 0.30 | 0.28 |
Morbidity, % | 37.5 | 35.42 | 33.3 | 36.61 | 7.9 | 0.89 | 0.71 | 0.87 |