Table 1. The composition and nutrient content of the experimental diets provided for finishing pigs (%).
| Item | Diet | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | |
| Ingredients | |||
| Maize | 69.0 | 46.1 | 26.5 |
| Wheat bran | 5.2 | 10.1 | 7.3 |
| Soybean meal | 14.0 | 11.4 | 9.5 |
| Rice bran | 8.8 | 27.1 | 50.0 |
| Soybean oil | 0.6 | 2.9 | 4.3 |
| Lysine-HCL | 0.02 | — | — |
| Limestone | 0.78 | 0.93 | 1.00 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Salt | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Premix † | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Calculated nutrient level | |||
| Net energy (MJ/kg) | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.4 |
| Lys | 0.74 | 0.74 | 0.77 |
| Met | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.24 |
| Trp | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.16 |
| Thr | 0.52 | 0.51 | 0.52 |
| Calcium | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0.52 |
| Available phosphorus | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.20 |
| Analysed nutrient level | |||
| Dry matter | 85.4 | 85.3 | 86.6 |
| Crude protein | 14.3 | 14.2 | 14.2 |
| Starch | 44.1 | 37.6 | 30.9 |
| Crude fat | 5.9 | 9.5 | 14.3 |
| NDF | 12.6 | 15.4 | 17.8 |
| Ash | 4.6 | 6.0 | 7.6 |
†The premix provided per kilogram of diet: 100 mg of iron as iron sulphate, 100 mg of zinc as zinc oxide, 30 mg of manganese as manganous oxide, 20 mg of copper as copper sulphate, 0.3 mg of selenium as sodium selenite, 0.5 mg of iodine as calcium iodate, 1720 μg retinyl acetate, 25 μg cholecalciferol, 8.0 mg DL-α-tocopheryl acetate, 3.0 mg menadione sodium bisulphite, 2.0 mg thiamin mononitrate, 6.0 mg riboflavin, 3.0 mg pyridoxine hydrochloride, 30 mg nicotinic acid, 30 mg calcium pantothenate, 1.0 mg folic acid, 20 μg cyanocobalamin, 300 mg choline.