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