Prediction of daily protein accretion rates of pigs from estimates of fat-free lean gain between 20 and 120 kilograms live weight.
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The objective of this study was to evaluate a method for predicting daily protein accretion rates of various genotypes of pigs reared in different environmental conditions using easily obtained mean daily fat-free growth rates. Data were obtained for seven genotype-environment groups of gilts and nine groups of barrows. Daily empty body protein accretion rates were estimated at 1.0-kg intervals between 20 and 120 kg live weight. The estimates were fitted to a generalized exponential function, PA = A e(B x WT + C/WT + D x WT2), where WT is kilograms of live weight and A, B, C, and D are estimated parameters for each sex. Nonlinear least squares methods were used to estimate the intercept and regression coefficients expressing each parameter estimate (A, B, C, and D) as a linear function of the mean fat-free lean gain for each sex-genotype-environment group. The mean percentage absolute errors were 3.5% for gilts and 6.1% for barrows. The largest errors occurred between 110 and 120 kg live weight. From 20 to 110 kg, mean percentage errors averaged 2.7% for gilts vs 4.8% for barrows. These results offer encouraging evidence that a generalized equation can be used to predict daily protein accretion rates from mean fat-free lean growth data. Further research, with additional genotype-environment populations, is needed to increase accuracy of the generalized growth functions.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of animal science
دوره 74 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1996