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

Table 3.

Composition of basal diet for growing to finishing pigs (as fed basis, %)

Items Growing pig (d 43 to 70) Growing pig (d 71 to 98) Finishing pig (d 99 to 140)
Corn 33.07 37.48 35.65
Wheat 19.0 24.0 29.0
Rice bran 2.0 2.0 2.0
Wheat bran 2.0 - -
Pal m kernel meal 2.0 3.0 3.0
Soybean meal 3.0 3.0 3.0
Dehulled soybean meal 15.11 11.34 8.12
Rape seed meal 4.0 4.0 4.0
Sesame meal 2.0 2.0 2.0
Brown rice 5.0 5.0 5.0
Animal fat 3.79 3.26 2.89
Molasses 2.0 2.0 2.0
Bakery by product 4.0 - -
Limestone 1.05 1.08 1.10
Mono-calcium phosphate 0.16 0.10 0.09
Salt 0.30 0.30 0.30
DL-Methionine (98%) 0.01 - 0.01
L-Threonine (98%) 0.02 0.01 0.05
L-Lysine HCl (25%) 0.50 0.49 0.79
Choline chloride (50%) 0.09 0.09 0.10
Yeast culture 0.50 0.50 0.50
Vitamin/Mineral mixture1) 0.40 0.35 0.40
Calculated composition
 Digestible energy (MJ/kg) 14.91 14.82 14.69
 Metabolizable energy (MJ/kg) 13.73 13.65 13.61
Analyzed composition (%)
 Crude protein 17.5 16.0 15.0
 Crude fat 6.7 5.9 5.5
 Crude ash 4.4 4.2 4.1
 ADF 4.4 4.1 4.1
 aNDF 11.7 11.1 11.3
 Lysine 0.99 0.88 0.86
 Methionine 0.30 0.27 0.26
 Threonine 0.64 0.57 0.56
 Calcium 0.75 0.65 0.65
 Phosphorus 0.42 0.39 0.39

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

1)

Vitamins provided per kilogram of complete diet: vitamin A, 8,000 IU; vitamin D3, 1,750 IU; vitamin E, 25 IU (phase 1 and 2) 50 IU (phase 3); vitamin K3, 2 mg; thiamine, 3 mg; riboflavin, 4 mg; vitamin B6, 4 mg; vitamin B12, 0.03 mg; niacin, 20 mg; d-pantothenic acid, 15 mg; folic acid, 0.5 mg; biotin, 0.02 mg. Minerals provided per kilogram of complete diet: Cu (as CuSO4·5H2O), 100 mg (phase 1), 40 mg (phase 2), 5 mg (phase 3); Fe (as FeSO4·7H2O), 100 mg; Zn (as ZnSO4), 60 mg (phase 1), 35 mg (phases 2 and 3); Mn (as MnO2), 40 mg; I (as KI), 0.5 mg; Co (as CoSO4), 0.5 mg; and Se (as Na2SeO3·5H2O), 0.3 mg.