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. 2017 Oct 13;8(10):271. doi: 10.3390/genes8100271

Table 1.

Composition of the basal diets for growing pigs at different periods (air-dry basis, %).

Items 6–15 kg 15–30 kg 30–60 kg 60–90 kg
Ingredients (%)
Corn 57.20 60.00 70.30 72.60
Soybean meal - 24.00 14.00 11.00
Extruded soybean meal 12.95 - - -
Extruded soybean 12.21 - - -
Fishmeal 5.30 - - -
Wheat bran - 11.35 11.50 12.50
Whey powder 5.83 - - -
Soybean oil a 3.95 2.00 2.00 2.00
Limestone 0.90 0.56 0.71 0.71
Calcium hydrogen phosphate 0.47 1.00 0.50 0.10
NaCl 0.25 0.30 0.30 0.30
Lysine 0.14 0.10 0.00 0.10
Premix b 0.80 0.69 0.69 0.69
Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
Nutrient levels c
DE (MJ/kg) 14.96 13.75 13.84 13.83
CP (%) b 19.53 18.83 15.95 13.95
Ca (%) b 0.81 0.82 0.72 0.61
TP (%) 0.75 0.67 0.54 0.47
AP (%) 0.42 0.37 0.29 0.22
DLys (%) 1.22 0.85 0.71 0.49
DMet (%) 0.27 0.25 0.21 0.19
DMet+DCys (%) 0.69 0.53 0.43 0.39
DThr (%) 0.78 0.55 0.43 0.37
DTrp (%) 0.23 0.19 0.14 0.12

a 1.5% CLA as used as a substitute for soybean oil in the basal diet of the CLA group. b Provided per kilogram of diet: Cu (CuSO4·5H2O) 80 mg, Fe (FeSO4·7H2O) 100 mg, Zn (ZnSO4·7H2O) 100 mg, Mn (MnSO4·H2O) 40 mg, Se (Na2SeO3) 0.3 mg, I (KI) 0.3 mg, VA 1 750 IU, VD3 200 IU, VE 11 IU, VK3 0.5 mg, niacin 20 mg, pantothenic acid 9 mg, folic acid 0.3 mg, VB1 1 mg, VB2 3 mg, VB6 1.5 mg, VB12 15 μg, biotin 0.05 mg, choline chloride 1.0 g, phytase 0.1 mg, and anti-oxidant 0.5 mg. c Measured value. DE: Digestable energy, CP: Crude protein, TP: Total phosphorus, AP: Available phosphorus, DLys: Digestible Lysine, DMet: Digestible Methionine, DThr: Digestible Threonine, DTrp: Digestible Tryptophan.