A comparative analysis of the transcriptome profiles of liver and muscle tissue in pigs divergent for feed efficiency

Table 1 Characterisation of performance, body composition, intake and efficiency (Least square means and SEM)

Trait	Low	High^b	SEM	P-value
Farm A	27	18^c
RFI	−0.14	0.19	0.08	0.001
ADFI^a	2.00	2.34	0.04	0.001
MBW	32.71	32.05	0.63	0.956
ADG	0.99	0.99	0.02	0.874
FCR	2.03	2.36	0.02	0.001
BW	76.62	77.70	1.36	0.833
Farm B	28	35
RFI	−0.18	0.20	0.016	0.001
ADFI^a	1.87	2.34	0.05	0.0001
MBW	10.94	11.20	0.19	0.3662
ADG	0.950	1.01	0.031	0.2112
BW	90.45	96.08	2.378	0.1086

^a ADFI Average daily feed intake, MBW Mid-test metabolic body weight, ADG Average daily gain, RFI Residual feed intake, BW Body weight
^b High = RFI was > 0.5 SD above the mean; medium = RFI was ± 0.5 SD above and below the mean; low = RFI was < −0.5 SD below the mean
^c Number of animals in each RFI group

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