Table 1 Descriptive statistics of high feed efficiency (HFE) and low feed efficiency (LFE) for phenotypic traits.

From: Lipids and organic acids in three gut locations affect feed efficiency of commercial pigs as revealed by LC–MS-based metabolomics

Trait

Unit

HFE(± sd)

LFE(± sd)

P value

ADG †

kg/day

0.84(± 0.05)

0.81(± 0.10)

0.17

AMBW‡

kg

23.00(± 0.19)

22.86(± 0.16)

0.12

DFI‡

kg/day

1.83(± 0.12)

2.03(± 0.13)

0.004*

RFI‡

kg

− 0.16(± 0.06)

0.07(± 0.15)

0.001*

FCR†

kg/kg

2.23(± 0.07)

2.64(± 0.06)

1.08E−5*

  1. ADG average daily gain, AMBW average metabolic body weight gain, DFI daily feed intake, RFI residual feed intake, FCR feed conversion ratio.
  2. *P < 0.05.
  3. †Student's t-test.
  4. ‡Wilcoxon Test.
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