Fig. 2From: Blood and faecal biomarkers to assess dietary energy, protein and amino acid efficiency of utilization by growing and finishing pigsReceiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves for serum urea nitrogen (SUN) and branched-chain fatty acids (BCFA) biomarkers used to differentiate low versus high protein and energy diets in finishing pigs at 20 weeks of age (Study 1). Dietary treatments from study 1: low Protein (10.03 MJ/kg of NE; 132.0 g of CP; 7.5 g of SID Lys per kg of feed), High Protein (10.03 MJ/kg of NE; 188.0 g of CP; 11.5 g of SID Lys per kg of feed), Low Energy (9.61 MJ/kg of NE; 160.0 g of CP; 9.5 g of SID Lys per kg of feed), and High Energy (10.45 MJ/kg of NE; 160.0 g of CP; 9.5 g of SID Lys per kg of feed). Headings include the area under the curve (AUC) and the 95% confidence interval (CI). The AUC is significant when the CI does not include 50%. Within each graph, the optimal cut-off concentration and the corresponding specificity and sensitivity (parenthesis) are shownBack to article page