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. 2021 May 31;63(3):520–530. doi: 10.5187/jast.2021.e44

Table 1. Composition of basal diet for weaned pigs (as-fed basis)1).

Item Phase Ⅰ Phase Ⅱ
Ingredient (%)
 Corn 48.48 66.37
 Soybean meal (44%) 19.10 19.50
 Whey powder 15.00 5.00
 Fish meal 6.00 3.00
 Spray-dried plasma protein 4.00 3.00
 Lactose 4.00 -
 Soybean oil 1.00 -
 Dicalcium phosphate 0.60 0.80
 Limestone 0.70 0.80
 Salt 0.20 0.20
 Vit-min premix2) 0.50 0.50
 L-Lysine-HCl 0.25 0.44
 DL-Methionine 0.12 0.15
 L-Threonine 0.05 0.14
 L-Tryptophan - 0.10
 Total 100 100
Calculated energy and nutrient contents (%)
 Metabolizable energy (Mcal/kg) 3.39 3.34
 Crude protein (%) 21.66 19.63
 Calcium (%) 0.80 0.71
 Phosphorus (%) 0.70 0.62
 Lysine (%) 1.53 1.43
1)

Phase Ⅰ, 1 to 2 weeks (14 days); phase Ⅱ , 3 to 4 weeks (14 days).

2)

Provide per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 12,000 IU; vitamin D3, 2,500 IU; vitamin E, 30 IU; vitamin K3, 3 mg; D-pantothenic acid, 15 mg; nicotinic acid, 40 mg; choline, 400 mg; and vitamin B12, 12 μg, Fe, 90 mg from iron sulfate; Cu, 8.8 mg from copper sulfate; Zn, 100 mg from zinc oxide; Mn, 54 mg from manganese oxide; I, 0.35 mg from potassium iodide; Se, 0.30 mg from sodium selenite.