Table 4. Effect of increasing dietary SID lysine content and NE level on the carcass traits of growing-finishing pigs

Items	CON1)	TRT1	TRT2	SEM	p-value
BFT (%)
Initial	5.4	5.4	5.5	0.12	0.979
Week 4	8.6	8.9	9.0	0.11	0.327
Week 8	11.9	12.4	12.2	0.11	0.227
Week 12	15.38b	15.90b	16.03a	0.11	0.034
Week 16	17.7	17.8	17.9	0.06	0.503
LMP (%)
Initial	72.8	72.8	72.7	0.19	0.955
Week 4	65.5	65.7	66.0	0.20	0.720
Week 8	58.9	59.1	59.0	0.19	0.913
Week 12	54.8	55.2	55.03	0.21	0.788
Week 16	51.4	51.6	51.7	0.19	0.811

CON, basal diet; TRT1, basal diet + 0.05% SID lysine; TRT2, basal diet + 0.05% lysine SID + 0.084 MJ/kg NE.
Means in the equivalent row show the superscripts differ (p < 0.05).
SID, standardized ileal digestible; NE, net energy; BFT, backfat thickness; LMP, lean meat percentage.