Table 1.
Composition of basal diets.
| Item | d 1 to 28 1 |
|---|---|
| Ingredient, g kg−1 | |
| Corn, yellow | 570.0 |
| Soybean meal, 44% crude protein (CP) | 260.0 |
| Dried whey | 85.0 |
| Soybean oil | 35.0 |
| Fish meal, 60% CP | 30.0 |
| CaHPO4 | 12.0 |
| CaCO3, 38% Ca | 5.0 |
| Salt | 4.0 |
| L-Lysine, 98% | 3.5 |
| Vitamin, premix 2 | 1.0 |
| Mineral, premix 3 | 1.0 |
| Choline, 50% | 0.8 |
| Fermented feed additive | 0 |
| Chemical composition, g kg−1 | |
| Crude protein | 191.2 |
| Phenylalanine and Tyrosine | 15.5 |
| Lysine | 14.5 |
| Methionine and Cystine | 6.5 |
| Analyzed calcium | 8.0 |
| Analyzed total phosphorus | 7.0 |
| Metabolizable energy (ME), kcal/kg | 3567.63 |
1 Fed in meal form to all piglets; 2 supplied per kg diet: vitamin A, 6000 international unit (IU); vitamin D, 900 IU; vitamin E, 30 IU; vitamin K3, 3 mg; vitamin B2, 6 mg; pantothenic acid, 18 mg; niacin, 60 mg; and vitamin B12, 30 μg; 3 supplied per kg diet: Fe, 140 mg; Zn, 100 mg; Cu, 20 mg; Mn, 4 mg; I, 0.2 mg; and Se, 0.1 mg.