Table 2.

Analysed nutrient composition of the basal diets (% on as is basis).

	Pre-starter		Starter		Grower		Finisher
	(Standard ME)	(Reduced ME)	(Standard ME)	(Reduced ME)	(Standard ME)	(Reduced ME)	(Standard ME)	(Reduced ME)
Dry matter	89.23	89.33	89.55	88.65	88.73	88.58	88.60	88.25
AMEn (kcal/kg)	2,600	2,482	2,649	2,555	2,754	2,658	2,831	2,750
Crude protein	20.94	21.61	20.83	20.77	18.59	18.71	18.09	18.72
Crude fat	3.23	2.45	4.10	2.47	3.35	2.20	3.52	2.55
Crude fiber	4.71	4.78	4.76	4.29	4.34	4.86	4.05	4.55
Ash	5.30	5.65	5.30	5.28	4.43	4.45	4.08	4.03
Calcium	0.733	0.763	0.717	0.727	0.683	0.655	0.535	0.485
Phosphorous (total)	0.527	0.528	0.550	0.527	0.460	0.478	0.396	0.412

Max CV < 20% between analyzed and calculated nutrient composition.

AMEn = Nitrogen-corrected apparent metabolizable energy (as is basis).