Table 5. Metabolic pathways that were significantly associated with ADG at 63 days of age

	Super pathway	Pathway	logFC	logCPM	LR	p-value	FDR
1	Vitamin K2 biosynthesis	1,4-Dihydroxy-6-naphthoate biosynthesis I	43.60243	5.323691	13.81177	0.000202	0.041719
2	Inorganic nutrient metabolism	Super pathway of sulphur oxidation (Acidianus ambivalens)	27.23389	8.525369	13.69964	0.000214	0.041719
3	Fatty acid and lipid degradation	Phospholipase pathway	–48.3973	–0.97698	12.20301	0.000477	0.061867
4	Vitamin K2 biosynthesis	1,4-Dihydroxy-6-naphthoate biosynthesis II	28.17554	6.774948	10.42818	0.001241	0.120694
5	Aromatic compound degradation	Catechol degradation to 2-hydroxypentadienoate II	17.00923	6.437778	7.659094	0.005649	0.407778

ADG, average daily gain; logFC, log fold-change; logCPM, log counts per million; LR, Likelihood ratio; FDR, False discovery rate (adjusted p-value).