Table 2.
Summary of the diets (as dry matter) offered to the animals along the productive cycle for the three data sets.
| Nursery | Growing–Fattening | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data sets 1 and 3 | Diet 1 | Diet 2 | Diet 3 | Diet 4 | Diet 5 | Diet 6 | Diet 7 |
| Days | 10 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 40 onward |
| NE, MJ/kg | 10.8 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.4 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.2 |
| CP, % | 22.0 | 19.5 | 18.5 | 17.0 | 16.0 | 15.5 | 14.0 |
| d-Lys, % | 1.39 | 1.27 | 1.15 | 1.08 | 1.05 | 0.95 | 0.89 |
| Nursery | Growing–Fattening | ||||||
| Data set 2 | Diet 1* | Diet 2 | Diet 3 | Diet 4 | — | Diet 5 | — |
| Days | 2–3 | 8 | 27 | 64 | — | 64 onwards | — |
| NE, MJ/kg | 11.0 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 9.9 | — | 10.0 | — |
| CP, % | 20.2 | 19.1 | 18.0 | 16.0 | — | 16.0 | — |
| d-Lys, % | 1.37 | 1.32 | 1.20 | 0.99 | — | 0.95 | — |
These diets only refer to the piglets per pigs.
*In data set 2, creep-feed (Diet 1) was offered simultaneously to Diet 1 and for a few days; on the other hand, in data sets 2 and 3, it was offered as a single diet for 10 d.