Agricultural and Food Economics

Table 5 Minimum, maximum, mean, and RMSE of ME, protein, and lysine in starter, grower, and finisher formulated broiler diets

From: Time series livestock diet optimization: cost-effective broiler feed substitution using the commodity price spread approach

	ME (Mcal/kg feed)			Protein (%)			Lysine (%)
	Starter	Grower	Finisher	Starter	Grower	Finisher	Starter	Grower	Finisher
CSD model
Min	3.05	3.1	3.15	22	20	18.26	1.15	1.04	0.94
Max	3.05	3.1	3.15	22.12	20.57	19.06	1.15	1.04	0.94
Mean	3.05	3.1	3.15	22.08	20.39	18.81	1.15	1.04	0.94
STDEV	0	0	0	0.06	0.27	0.38	0	0	0
RMSE absolute	0	0	0	0.1	0.48	0.89	0	0	0
RMSE %	0	0	0	0.45	2.33	4.74	0.17	0	0.043
CWSR model
Min	3.05	3.1	3.15	22	20	18.05	1.15	1.04	0.94
Max	3.05	3.1	3.15	22.65	21.26	19.75	1.18	1.05	0.94
Mean	3.05	3.1	3.15	22.09	20.19	18.43	1.17	1.04	0.94
STDEV	0	0	0	0.23	0.45	0.58	0.01	0	0
RMSE	0	0	0	0.25	0.48	0.72	0.02	0	0
RMSE %	0	0	0	1.11	2.23	3.91	1.77	0.15	0

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