Table 2.

Diet composition, Exp. 3 (as-fed basis)¹

Item	BW range, kg
	32 to 45	45 to 64	64 to 82	82 to 105	105 to 127
Ingredient, %
Corn	57.81	62.02	65.68	69.05	70.99
Soybean meal (47.5% CP)	19.41	15.52	12.08	8.66	6.91
DDGS2	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00
Dicalcium phosphate (18.8% P)	0.45	0.25	0.15	—	—
Limestone	1.20	1.15	1.10	1.30	1.20
Salt	0.35	0.35	0.35	0.35	0.35
L-Lys HCl	0.45	0.43	0.40	0.40	0.35
L-Thr	0.08	0.06	0.04	0.05	0.04
L-Trp	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.03	0.02
MHA dry (Met)	0.08	0.05	0.03	0.02	—
Vitamin and mineral premix3,4	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15
Total	100	100	100	100	100
Calculated analysis5
Standard ileal digestible (SID) amino acids, %
Lys	1.02	0.91	0.81	0.73	0.65
Ile:Lys	62	62	63	62	65
Leu:Lys	153	163	174	183	200
Met:Lys	31	31	31	31	31
Met & Cys:Lys	56	57	58	60	62
Thr:Lys	62	62	62	63	66
Trp:Lys	18.5	18.5	18.5	18.5	18.5
Val:Lys	69	71	73	73	78
Total Lys	1.14	1.02	0.91	0.83	0.74
ME, kcal/kg	3,211	3,223	3,232	3,234	3,239
NE, kcal/kg	2,462	2,491	2,515	2,533	2,546
SID Lys:ME, g/Mcal	3.18	2.82	2.51	2.26	2.01
SID Lys:NE, g/Mcal	4.14	3.65	3.22	2.88	2.55
CP, %	19.0	17.4	15.9	14.6	13.8
Ca, %	0.67	0.58	0.52	0.53	0.49
P, %	0.54	0.49	0.46	0.42	0.42
STTD P, %	0.40	0.36	0.34	0.31	0.31

¹A total of 922 pigs (PIC [Hendersonville, TN] TR4 × [FAST {Saskatoon, SK} Large white × PIC Landrace], initial BW 40.1 ± 0.36 kg) were used in a 97-d growth experiment in a five-phase feeding program.

²DDGS = distiller’s dried grains with solubles.

³VTM premix provided an estimated release of 0.11% STTD P.

⁴Premix provided per kilogram of premix: 4,116,034 IU vitamin A; 588,635 IU vitamin D3; 26,455 IU vitamin E; 1,470 mg vitamin K; 16.2 mg vitamin B12; 17,637 mg niacin; 11,759 mg pantothenic acid; 5,880 mg riboflavin; 83 g Fe from iron sulfate; 60 g Zn from zinc sulfate; 5.0 g Mn from manganese oxide; 108 g Cu from copper sulfate; 200 mg I from calcium iodate; and 200 mg Se from sodium selenite.

⁵ NRC (2012).