Table 3.
Ingredient content (percent), chemical composition (% of DM), calculated metabolisable energy content (megajoules per kilogramme DM) and hydrogen cyanide content (milligrammes per kilogramme DM) of the experimental diets for the pigs in study 2
| Ingredient/component | Diet | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 to <50 kg | >50 kg | |||||||
| Basal | + l-lysine and dl-methionine | Basal | + l-lysine and dl-methionine | |||||
| Low | Medium | High | Low | Medium | High | |||
| Rice bran | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 |
| Yellow maize | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Ensiled cassava roots | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| Ensiled cassava leaves | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Fish meal | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| l-lysinea | – | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.30 | – | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.15 |
| dl-methionineb | – | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.15 | – | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.08 |
| Chemical composition | ||||||||
| Metabolisable energy | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.6 |
| Crude protein | 14.9 | 14.9 | 14.9 | 14.9 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.8 |
| Crude fibre | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.9 |
| Lysine | 0.70 | 0.80 | 0.90 | 1.00 | 0.58 | 0.63 | 0.68 | 0.73 |
| Methionine + cysteine | 0.28 | 0.33 | 0.38 | 0.43 | 0.23 | 0.26 | 0.28 | 0.31 |
| Ileal digestiblec | ||||||||
| Lysine | 0.52 | 0.62 | 0.72 | 0.82 | 0.43 | 0.48 | 0.53 | 0.58 |
| Methionine + cysteine | 0.21 | 0.26 | 0.31 | 0.36 | 0.18 | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.26 |
| Hydrogen cyanide | 29.3 | 29.3 | 29.3 | 29.3 | 31.7 | 31.7 | 31.7 | 31.7 |
aNinety-nine percent l-lysine HCL (Sunmitomo Chemical Co., Ltd/Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Japan)
bNinety-eight percent dl-methionine (Sunmitomo Chemical Co., Ltd./Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Japan)
cCalculated values based on analysed crude protein and amino acid composition and apparent ileal digestibility data of Nguyen et al. (2010a) and Ngoan and Lindberg (2001)