Table 1.
Ingredient and calculated nutrient composition of the diets, as-fed basis
| Item | Starter (days 0 to 25) | Grower (days 26 to 67) | Finisher (days 68 to end) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CS | WB | CS | WB | CS | WB | |
| Ingredient, g/kg | ||||||
| Corn | 647.1 | – | 698.4 | – | 755.1 | – |
| Corn gluten | 18.1 | – | 25.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 |
| Soybean meal | 240.5 | 100.0 | 180.5 | 21.5 | 98.3 | – |
| Soybean hull | – | – | – | 14.3 | – | 50.0 |
| Soybean oil | – | 25.0 | – | 0.3 | – | – |
| Barley | – | 200.0 | – | 100.0 | – | 150.0 |
| Wheat | – | 321.9 | – | 400.0 | – | 350.0 |
| Wheat middlings | – | – | – | 50.0 | – | 125.0 |
| Rapeseed meal | – | 63.0 | – | 80.0 | – | 100.0 |
| Sunflower meal | – | 80.0 | – | 80.0 | – | 21.9 |
| Palmkernel meal | – | – | – | 50.0 | – | 50.0 |
| Palm oil | 5.0 | 17.3 | 5.0 | 16.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Peas | – | 120.0 | – | 29.4 | – | – |
| Sugarcane molasses | 40.0 | 30.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 |
| Animal fat | – | – | – | 27.5 | – | 29.4 |
| Monocalcium phosphate | 6.7 | 5.3 | 2.0 | – | 0.7 | – |
| Salt | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| Calcium carbonate | 11.6 | 10.9 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 9.9 | 4.0 |
| Sodium bicarbonate | – | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.4 | – |
| Phytase | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.9 |
| L-lysine HCl | – | 3.8 | – | 4.3 | – | – |
| DL-methionine | – | 1.3 | – | 0.7 | – | – |
| L-threonine | – | 1.7 | – | 1.6 | – | – |
| Lysine + thrypophan | 7.7 | 4.3 | 8.2 | 3.6 | 9.1 | – |
| Lysine HC | 3.0 | – | 2.7 | – | 2.3 | 4.0 |
| Methionine HC | 2.8 | – | 2.5 | – | 1.5 | 0.3 |
| Threonine HC | 3.8 | – | 3.9 | – | 3.8 | 2.4 |
| Valine | – | 1.4 | – | – | – | – |
| Vitamin premixa | 1.0 | 1.0 | – | – | – | – |
| Vitamin-trace mineral premix 1b | 1.0 | 1.0 | – | – | – | – |
| Vitamin-trace mineral premix 2c | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Nutrient composition, g/kgd | ||||||
| NE, MJ/kg | 9.9 | 9.9 | 10.1 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 9.3 |
| Moisture | 127 | 126 | 130 | 126 | 130 | 129 |
| Ash | 51 | 52 | 42 | 47 | 38 | 42 |
| Crude protein | 182 | 190 | 159 | 166 | 128 | 147 |
| Crude fat | 34 | 58 | 35 | 64 | 36 | 57 |
| Crude fiber | 24 | 45 | 24 | 60 | 25 | 71 |
| Starch | 437 | 360 | 471 | 335 | 512 | 334 |
| Sugar | 44 | 50 | 46 | 58 | 42 | 59 |
| NSP | 135 | 170 | 130 | 216 | 126 | 246 |
| Ca | 6.9 | 6.9 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 3.8 |
| P | 4.8 | 5.5 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 4.7 |
| SID Lys | 11.1 | 11.1 | 9.5 | 9.1 | 7.5 | 6.8 |
| SID Met + Cys | 6.6 | 6.6 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| SID Thr | 7.1 | 7.1 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| SID Trp | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
aSupplied per kilogram of feed: 2500 IU of vitamin A, 500 IU of vitamin D3, and 5 IU of vitamin E (Mervit AD3E; PreMervo, Utrecht, The Netherlands).
bSupplied per kilogram of feed: 12 mg of Fe (ferrous sulfate), 10 mg of Mn (manganous oxide), 0.04 mg of Co cobalt oxide), 0.12 g of Ca, 0.0501 g of P, 0.04 mg of I (potassium iodide), 1000 IU of vitamin A, 100 IU of vitamin D3, 5 IU of vitamin E, 0.4 mg of vitamin B1, 0.8 mg of vitamin B2, 2 mg of pantothenic acid, 4 mg of niacine, 0.4 mg of vitamin B6, 0.2 mg of folate, 0.003 mg of vitamin B12, 10 mg of vitamin C, 0.01 mg of biotine, 0.2 mg of vitamin K3, and 40 mg of choline (Mervit Sporavit; PreMervo).
cSupplied per kilogram of premix: 0.4 g of Ca, 15 mg of Cu (copper sulfate)0, 80 mg of Fe (ferrous sulfate), 24 mg of Mn (manganous oxide), 62 mg of Zn (zinc oxide), 0.04 mg of Co (cobalt oxide), 0.4 mg of I (potassium iodide), 0.2 mg of Se (sodium selenite), 7500 IU of vitamin A, 1500 IU of vitamin D3, 25 IU of vitamin E, 4 mg of vitamin B2, 6 mg of pantothenate, 30 mg of niacin, 0.02 mg of vitamin B12, and 0.752 mg of vitamin K3 (Mervit START M220; PreMervo, Utrecht, the Netherlands).
dBased on chemical composition, digestibility, and energy values for pigs from the Centraal Veevoeder Bureau livestock feed table (CVB, 2011).