Table 1.
Composition of experimental diets for piglets (as feed basic)
| Ingredient (g/kg) | Content |
|---|---|
| Corn | 695.6 |
| Soybean meal, dehulled | 176.5 |
| Fish meal | 30.0 |
| Soybean oil | 15.0 |
| Wheat bran | 50.0 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 8.0 |
| Limestone | 7.8 |
| Salt | 3.5 |
| L-Lysine-HCl, 98% | 2.6 |
| Vitamin and mineral premix1 | 10.0 |
| Choline chloride | 1.0 |
| Nutritional content (g/kg) | |
| Digestion energy (DE) (MJ/kg) | 13.9 |
| Metabolizable energy (ME) (MJ/kg) | 12.9 |
| Crude protein (CP) | 166.5 |
| Ca | 6.5 |
| Total P | 5.6 |
| Lys | 10.6 |
| Met | 2.8 |
| Met + Cys | 5.5 |
1
Provided the following per kilogram of diet: 8,000 IU vitamin A, 2,000 IU vitamin D3, 30 IU vitamin E, 1.5 mg vitamin K3, 1.6 mg vitamin B1, 1.5 mg vitamin B6, 12 μg vitamin B12, 15 mg D-pantothenic acid, 20 mg nicotinic acid, 80 mg Zn (ZnSO4), 100 mg Fe (FeSO4), 20 mg Cu (CuSO4), 25 mg Mn (MnSO4), 0.3 mg I (KI), and 0.2 mg Se (Na2SeO3).
All nutritional content were calculated values.