Table 1.
Composition and nutritive value of the basal diets.
| Ingredient (g·kg−1) | Diets | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–10 d | 11–22 d | 23–36 d | |
| Wheat | 360.8 | 362.1 | 356.0 |
| Maize | 250.0 | 250.0 | 250.0 |
| Rapeseed expeller | - | 40.0 | 80.0 |
| Rapeseeds | 40.0 | 80.0 | 60.0 |
| Soy meal, 46.8% | 264.7 | 185.4 | 161.1 |
| Fish meal, 64% | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 |
| Hemoglobin | 5.0 | 5.9 | 5.0 |
| Soy oil | 21.1 | - | - |
| Pig lard | - | 29.4 | 44.4 |
| 1 Vitamin-mineral premix | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Monocalcium phosphate | 16.8 | 9.3 | 5.5 |
| Limestone | 8.0 | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| NaCl | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| Na2SO4 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| L-lysine | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| L-methionine | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.9 |
| L-threonine | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
| L-valine | 0.5 | 0.2 | - |
| Calculated nutritive value (g·kg−1) | |||
| 2 AMEN, kcal·kg−1 | 3010 | 3150 | 3230 |
| Crude protein | 216.0 | 200.0 | 196.0 |
| Crude fat | 58.3 | 85.2 | 94.2 |
| Crude fiber | 27.1 | 31.9 | 33.8 |
| Dig. Lys | 12.0 | 10.7 | 10.3 |
| Dig. Met + Cys | 8.9 | 8.1 | 7.9 |
| Calcium-total | 8.5 | 7.0 | 6.5 |
1 Provided the following per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 11,166 IU; vitamin D3, 2500 IU; vitamin E, 80 mg; vitamin K3, 2.50 mg; vitamin B12, 0.02 mg; vitamin B9, 1.17 mg; choline, 379 mg; vitamin B5, 12.50 mg; vitamin B2, 7.0 mg; vitamin B3, 41.67 mg; vitamin B1, 2.17 mg; vitamin B7, 0.18 mg; vitamin B6, 4.0 mg; ethoxyquin (EMQ), 0.09 mg; Mn (MnO2), 73 mg; Zn (ZnO), 55 mg; Fe (FeSO4), 45 mg; Cu (CuSO4), 20 mg; I (CaI2O6), 0.62 mg; and Se (Na2SeO3), 0.3 mg. 2 Apparent metabolizable energy corrected to zero nitrogen balance.