Gut microbiota and host genetics contribute to the phenotypic variation of digestive and feed efficiency traits in growing pigs fed a conventional and a high fiber diet

Table 2 Bayesian information criterion (BIC) estimated for the models with the microbiota (Micro), and genetic effects (Gen) separately and jointly (Micro+Gen) for feed and digestive efficiency traits of growing pigs fed a conventional (CO) diet or a high fiber diet (HF) diet

	CO diet			HF diet
	Micro	Gen	Micro+Gen	Micro	Gen	Micro+Gen
Feed efficiency and growth traits
FCR	6570^a	6574^b	6559^c	6282^c	6283^a	6293^b
DFI	10,417^a	10,423^b	10,345^c	9761^b	9759^a	9684^c
ADG	9099^a	9093^c	9109^b	8473^b	8457^a	8423^c
RFI	9275^a	9286^b	9273^c	8976^a	8987^b	8957^c
Digestive efficiency traits
DC of energy	2667^a	2788^b	2660^c	2383^a	2629^b	2346^c
DC of organic matter	2547^a	2673^b	2535^c	2272^a	2533^b	2233^c
DC of nitrogen	2832^a	3060^b	2779^c	2427^a	2674^b	2373^c

FCR feed conversion ratio, DFI daily feed intake, ADG average daily gain, RFI residual feed intake, DC digestibility coefficient
^aIntermediate model (intermediate BIC)
^bWorst model (highest BIC)
^cBest model (lowest BIC)

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