Table 1.
Declared minimum nutritional values of the commercial nursery and grow-finish diets used in the present study (as-fed basis)
| Item | Nursery | Grow-finish | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phase 1 1 | Phase 2 2 | Phase 3 3 | High | Medium plane 5 | |||
| Phase 1 4 | Phase 1 | Phase 2 | Phase 3 | ||||
| CP6, % | 21.0 | 21.0 | 20.5 | 18.2 | 17.5 | 15.5 | 13.4 |
| Lysine, % | 1.40 | 1.40 | 1.25 | 1.10 | 1.0 | 0.80 | 0.70 |
| CF6, % | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
| DE6, Mcal/kg | 3.75 | 3.60 | 3.60 | 3.45 | 3.35 | 3.30 | 3.25 |
1-3Contained 20%, 7%, and 0% lactose and 35%, 8%, and 0% dried whey, respectively.
1-4Used for nursery pigs between d 21 and 54 of age.
5Provided to grow-finish pigs from d 54 through d 182 of age.
6CP, crude protein; CF, crude fat; DE, digestible energy.