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 |
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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.