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. 2021 Oct 29;35(3):461–474. doi: 10.5713/ab.21.0304

Table 2.

Composition of basal diet for weaned piglets (as fed basis, %)

Items Phase1 (d 1 to 7) Phase 2 (d 8 to 21) Phase 3 (d 22 to 42)
Corn (extruded) 16.02 15.22 -
Oat (extruded) 15.0 - -
Corn 12.3 28.06 42.78
Wheat - 10 20
Fermented soyprotein 2.3 - -
Potato protein 1.5 - -
Dehulled soybean meal 7.0 17 23.34
Extruded full fat soybean - 5.0 -
Plasma protein 5.0 - -
Dried milk powder 10 - -
Krill powder 2.0 2.0 2.0
Cheese powder 3.5 4.0 -
Wheat bran 2.5 3.0 2.5
Yeast culture 1.0 1.0 1.0
Soybean oil 1.9 3.2 -
Animal fat - - 3.69
Lactose 14.0 6.0 -
Mono-calcium phosphate 0.78 1.06 0.74
Limestone 0.67 0.65 1.1
Salt 0.10 0.20 0.30
ZnO 0.25 0.25 -
Choline chloride (50%) 0.31 0.15 0.09
L-Lysine HCl (78%) 0.48 0.5 0.38
DL-Methionine (98%) 0.4 0.32 0.32
L-Threonine (98%) 0.37 0.29 0.21
L-Tryptophan (98%) 0.12 0.1 0.05
Vitamin/mineral mixture1) 2.5 2.0 1.5
Calculated composition
 Digestible energy (MJ/kg) 15.62 14.95 14.61
 Metabolizable energy (MJ/kg) 14.78 14.32 13.94
Analyzed composition (%)
 Crude protein 19 18 18
 Crude fat 7.0 7.0 6.0
 Crude ash 4 4.5 4.8
 ADF 1.7 2.4 2.6
 aNDF 5.8 8.1 8.8
 Lysine 1.47 1.3 1.2
 Methionine 0.44 0.39 0.36
 Threonine 1.03 0.87 0.8
 Calcium 0.8 0.8 0.81
 Phosphorus 0.55 0.55 0.5

ADF, acid detergent fiber; aNDF, neutral detergent fiber assayed with heat stable amylase.

1)

Vitamins provided per kilogram of complete diet: vitamin A, 18,000 IU; vitamin D3, 2,500 IU (phases 1 and 2); vitamin D3, 1,750 IU (phase 3); vitamin E, 180 IU (phase 1 and 2); vitamin E, 80 IU (phase 3); vitamin K3, 4.5 mg; thiamine, 6 mg; riboflavin, 9 mg; vitamin B6, 7.5 mg; vitamin B12, 0.06 mg; niacin, 40 mg; d-pantothenic acid, 30 mg; folic acid, 2.3 mg; biotin, 0.3 mg. Minerals provided per kilogram of complete diet: Cu (as CuSO4·5H2O), 100 mg; Fe (as FeSO4·7H2O), 80 mg (phase 1 and 2) 100 mg (phase 3); Zn (as ZnSO4), 80 mg (phase 1 and 2), 60 mg (phase 3); Mn (as MnO2), 20 mg (phases 1 and 2), 40 mg (phase 3); I (as KI), 0.3 mg; Co (as CoSO4), 0.5 mg; and Se (as Na2SeO3·5H2O), 0.4 mg.