Table 1.
Ingredients and nutrient composition of the piglet diets (as-fed basis, %).
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Ingredients | |
| Corn | 38.35 |
| Rice (broken) | 10.00 |
| Wheat flour | 12.80 |
| Soy protein concentrate | 4.00 |
| Soybean meal (CP, 46%) | 13.48 |
| Soy oil | 1.50 |
| Fish meal (CP, 65%) | 4.00 |
| Full-fat soybean | 4.00 |
| Whey power (CP, 3.8%) | 3.76 |
| Glucose | 2.00 |
| CaHPO4 | 0.83 |
| Calcium lactate | 0.85 |
| Salt | 0.14 |
| Sugar | 2.00 |
| Lys (78.8%) | 0.39 |
| Met (99%) | 0.08 |
| L-Thr (98.5%) | 0.12 |
| Lycine | 0.10 |
| Choline (60%) | 0.07 |
| Nucleotides | 1.00 |
| Flavoring agent | 0.13 |
| Vitamin-mineral premix1 | 0.4 |
| Total | 100 |
| Calculated values of nutrient levels | |
| Crude protein | 19.37 |
| Digestible energy, MJ/kg | 15.36 |
| Crude fat | 4.52 |
| Crude fibre | 1.92 |
| Crude ash | 3.89 |
| Salt | 0.24 |
| Ca | 0.72 |
| Available P | 0.45 |
| Lys | 1.60 |
| Met | 0.67 |
| Cys | 0.47 |
| Thr | 1.07 |
| Tyr | 0.30 |
1
Premix provided the following per kilogram of diet: Fe (FeSO4·H2O), 80 mg; Mn (MnSO4·5H2O), 45 mg; Zn (ZnO), 100 mg; Cu (CuSO4·5H2O), 20 mg; I (KI), 0.70 mg; Se (Na2SeO3·H2O), 0.25 mg; vitamin A, 10,000 IU; vitamin D3, 2,500 IU; vitamin E, 100 IU; vitamin K, 10 IU; vitamin B2, 10 mg; vitamin B6, 1 mg; vitamin B12, 50 μg; biotin, 80 μg; folic acid, 5 mg; nicotinic acid, 15 mg; choline chloride, 1,500 mg.