Table 4.
Added vitamin and trace mineral concentrations in phase 3 nursery diets (11 to 23 kg)
Count, N1 | Weighted average2 | Average | Ratio to NRC | Standard deviation | Low | 25% | Median | 75% | High | |
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Vitamins | ||||||||||
A, IU/kg | 36 | 6,903 | 5,951 | 3.40 | 2,645 | 1,951 | 3,722 | 5,457 | 7,788 | 12,472 |
D, IU/kg | 36 | 1,608 | 1,681 | 8.41 | 644.3 | 882.0 | 1,102 | 1,653 | 1,984 | 4,160 |
E, IU/kg | 36 | 57.6 | 44.1 | 4.01 | 25.9 | 11.0 | 30.0 | 44.1 | 48.1 | 125.0 |
K, mg/kg | 36 | 3.07 | 3.14 | 6.29 | 1.42 | 0.53 | 2.56 | 3.25 | 3.53 | 8.69 |
Thiamin, mg/kg | 11 | 2.87 | 2.75 | 2.75 | 1.63 | 0.45 | 2.07 | 2.21 | 3.21 | 5.79 |
Riboflavin, mg/kg | 36 | 6.78 | 6.62 | 2.21 | 1.89 | 3.30 | 4.9 | 6.81 | 8.27 | 10.8 |
Niacin, mg/kg | 36 | 36.4 | 40.2 | 1.34 | 10.7 | 16.5 | 30.0 | 42.9 | 49.6 | 66.1 |
Pantothenic acid, mg/kg | 36 | 24.8 | 23.6 | 2.62 | 7.03 | 10.6 | 17.9 | 24.4 | 27.5 | 37.4 |
Pyridoxine, mg/kg | 12 | 4.82 | 3.42 | 1.14 | 2.24 | 0.88 | 1.28 | 3.06 | 5.00 | 7.00 |
B12, μg/kg | 36 | 29.6 | 29.6 | 1.97 | 9.10 | 15.6 | 22.3 | 30.4 | 33.1 | 50.2 |
Biotin, mg/kg | 13 | 0.40 | 0.22 | 4.33 | 0.15 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.20 | 0.22 | 0.65 |
Folic acid, mg/kg | 14 | 2.53 | 1.22 | 4.07 | 1.23 | 0.04 | 0.34 | 0.75 | 1.60 | 4.49 |
Choline, mg/kg | 5 | 240.5 | 286.7 | 0.72 | 170.4 | 48.0 | 220.5 | 225.0 | 390.0 | 550.0 |
Trace minerals | ||||||||||
Copper, mg/kg | 36 | 95.9 | 107.5 | 21.5 | 86.9 | 6.10 | 16.2 | 125.0 | 165.2 | 268.5 |
Manganese, mg/kg | 36 | 30.7 | 31.4 | 10.5 | 7.03 | 11.6 | 29.7 | 30.0 | 33.1 | 55.0 |
Selenium, mg/kg | 36 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 1.19 | 0.01 | 0.27 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 |
Zinc, mg/kg | 36 | 290.3 | 316.6 | 3.96 | 445.5 | 75.0 | 100.0 | 110.2 | 158.2 | 1,910 |
Iodine, mg/kg | 36 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 3.12 | 0.23 | 0.21 | 0.30 | 0.33 | 0.51 | 1.17 |
Iron, mg/kg | 36 | 84.5 | 103.2 | 1.03 | 34.9 | 45.0 | 79.0 | 100.0 | 110.2 | 238.7 |
Chromium,3 mg/kg | 4 | 0.20 | 0.17 | – | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 |
Cobalt,3 mg/kg | 1 | 0.39 | 0.39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
1Respondents who added the nutrient to the diet from the 4,245,700 sows surveyed. Reported values are on a complete-feed basis.
2Sum of the products of the inclusion level multiplied by the size of the production (# of sows), divided by the total number of sows from the participants that provided added levels for that nutrient
3 NRC (2012) does not provide a recommendation level of the nutrient.