Table 3.

Recommended vitamin levels for weaner-finisher pigs by various sources

Item	Unit	NRC (2012)							DanBred			DSM (OVM, 2011)
		Piglets (kg)			Growing-Finisher (kg)				Weaner-Finisher (kg)			Weaner-Finisher (kg)
		5–7	7–11	11–25	25–50	50–75	75–100	100–135	<9	9.0–30	30–100	<5	5.0–30	30–70	>70
Vitamin A	IU/kg	2,200	2,200	1,750	1,300	1,300	1,300	1,300	8,000	5,000	4,000	10,000–20,000	10,000–15,000	7,000–10,000	5,000–8,000
Vitamin D3	IU/kg	220	220	200	150	150	150	150	800	500	400	1,800–2,000	1,800–2,000	1,500–2,000	1,000–1,500
25-OH-D3 (HyD)	mg/kg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05
Vitamin E	IU/kg	16	16	11	11	11	11	11	130	130	36	100–150	100–150	60–100	60–100
Vitamin K	mg/kg	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	2.0	2.0	2.0	8.0–10	5.0–6.0	2.0–4.0	2.0–4.0
Vitamin B1	mg/kg	1.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	3.5–5.5	3.0–5.0	2.0–3.0	1.0–2.0
Vitamin B2	mg/kg	4.0	3.5	3.0	2.5	2.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	4.0	2.0	10.0–15.0	10.0–15.0	7.0–10.0	6.0–10.0
Vitamin B6	mg/kg	7.0	7.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	6.0–8.0	6.0–8.0	2.5–4.5	2.0–3.5
Vitamin B12	mg/kg	0.02	0.017	0.015	0.01	0.005	0.005	0.005	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.05–0.07	0.04–0.06	0.03–0.05	0.03–0.05
Niacin	mg/kg	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	20	20	20	60–80	33–55	20–40	20–40
Panthothenic acid	mg/kg	12	10	9.0	8.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	10	10	10	30–50	25–45	25–45	25–45
Folic acid	mg/kg	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	-	-	-	1.5–3.0	1.5–2.5	1.0–1.5	0.5–1.0
Biotin	mg/kg	0.08	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.02	0.02	0.1	0.20–0.04	0.2–0.4	0.15–0.30	0.10–0.20
Vitamin C	mg/kg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100–200	100–200	0	0
Choline	mg/kg	600	500	400	300	300	300	300	-	-	-	500–800	250–400	150–300	100–200

NRC, National Research Council; OVN, optimum vitamin nutrition.

Adapted from DSM Nutritional Product Limited [99] and National Research Council [111].