Table 1.

Ingredients and nutrient levels of diets for 30- to 60-kg growing and 60- to 100-kg finishing pig (as-fed basis, %)

Item	Growing pig, dietary treatmenta			Finishing pig, dietary treatment
	NP	LP	VLP	NP	LP	VLP
Ingredient composition, %
Corn	58.60	67.50	77.60	67.00	78.36	87.40
Soybean meal	29.00	19.50	10.00	23.70	15.00	5.50
Whey bran	7.80	6.94	5.06	6.00	3.00	2.00
Soybean oil	1.55	2.38	3.00	0.88	0.90	1.71
Lysine	0.18	0.46	0.74	0.01	0.27	0.55
Methionine	0.00	0.09	0.17	0.00	0.00	0.09
Threonine	0.01	0.14	0.26	0.00	0.06	0.19
Tryptophan	0.00	0.02	0.07	0.00	0.01	0.06
CaHPO4	0.69	0.78	0.90	0.50	0.55	0.65
Limestone	0.87	0.89	0.90	0.55	0.55	0.55
NaCl	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
1% premixb	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Total	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Nutrient levels, %
DE,c MJ/kg	14.20	14.20	14.20	14.20	14.20	14.20
CP	18.27	15.16	12.35	16.30	13.17	10.26
Lysine	0.97	0.97	0.94	0.72	0.72	0.73
Methionine + cysteine	0.57	0.56	0.55	0.40	0.42	0.43
Threonine	0.61	0.61	0.60	0.51	0.50	0.49
Tryptophan	0.17	0.17	0.17	0.14	0.13	0.13
Calcium	0.60	0.63	0.61	0.52	0.50	0.51
Total phosphorus	0.51	0.48	0.45	0.45	0.40	0.38

^aDietary treatment: NP = normal protein; LP = low protein; VLP = very low protein.

^bSupplied per kg of diet: vitamin A, 10,800 IU; vitamin D₃, 4,000 IU; vitamin E, 40 IU; vitamin K₃, 4 mg; vitamin B₁, 6 mg; vitamin B₂, 12 mg; vitamin B₆, 6 mg; vitamin B₁₂, 0.05 mg; biotin, 0.2 mg; folic acid, 2 mg; niacin, 50 mg; D-calcium pantothenate, 25 mg; Fe, 100 mg as ferrous sulfate; Cu, 150 mg as copper sulfate; Mn, 40 mg as manganese oxide; Zn, 100 mg as zinc oxide; I, 0.5 mg as potassium iodide; and Se, 0.3 mg as sodium selenite.

^cCalculated values; other values are measured.