Table 2.
Ingredients and nutrient content of offspring gilt.
| Ingredient (%) | 5–8 Weeks | 9–13 Weeks | 14–18 Weeks | 19 Weeks–Puberty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corn | 26.70 | 68.30 | 70.50 | 74.80 |
| Extruded corn | 27.70 | - | - | - |
| Extruded soybean | 13.00 | - | - | - |
| Soybean meal | 15.90 | 24.00 | 24.74 | 21.30 |
| Soy oil | 0.90 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.50 |
| Fish meal | 4.50 | 3.00 | - | - |
| Sucrose | 2 | - | - | - |
| Whey | 6 | - | - | - |
| Lysine | 0.38 | 0.40 | 0.26 | 0.20 |
| Methionine | 0.14 | 0.07 | - | - |
| Threonine | 0.12 | - | - | - |
| Calcium carbonate | 0.78 | 0.90 | 0.75 | 0.78 |
| Calcium hydrophosphate | 0.83 | 0.58 | 1.00 | 0.67 |
| Choline chloride | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 |
| Zinc oxide | 0.3 | - | - | - |
| Salt | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 |
| Premix * | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Nutritional compositions, % | ||||
| Digestible energy, MJ/kg | 3.47 | 3.34 | 3.34 | 3.34 |
| Crude protein | 19.54 | 17.87 | 16.29 | 15.11 |
| Ca | 0.81 | 0.67 | 0.60 | 0.52 |
| Total P | 0.62 | 0.53 | 0.52 | 0.45 |
| Available phosphorus | 0.45 | 0.35 | 0.33 | 0.27 |
| Lysine | 1.34 | 1.21 | 0.97 | 0.85 |
| sulfur-containing amino acid | 0.76 | 0.65 | 0.53 | 0.50 |
| Threonine | 0.89 | 0.73 | 0.67 | 0.56 |
* Supplied the following per kilogram of complete diet: 100 mg of Fe; 15 mg of Cu; 120 mg of Zn; 40 mg of Mn; 0.3 mg of Se; 0.25 mg of I; 12,000 IU of vitamin A; 2250 IU of D3; 24 IU of vitamin E; 6.2 mg of riboflavin; 25 mg of nicotinic acid; 15 mg of pantothenic acid; 1.2 mg of vitamin B12; 0.15 mg of biotin.