Table 1.
The ingredient and nutrient content of the basal diets used in two growth phases of weaned piglets (dry matter basis, %).
| Ingredients | Content (%) | Analyzed nutrient composition | Content (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phase 1a | Phase 2 | Phase 1 | Phase 2 | ||
| Corn | 61.00 | 63.25 | DE, MJ/kgc | 14.79 | 14.64 |
| Soybean | 13.30 | 15.50 | CP, % | 17.96 | 18.10 |
| Puffed full-fat soybeans | 12.10 | 8.00 | Lysine, % | 1.48 | 1.38 |
| Fish meal (64.6%) | 3.00 | 4.00 | Met, % | 0.43 | 0.41 |
| Whey powder (3.8%) | 4.15 | 4.00 | Thr, % | 0.89 | 0.85 |
| Soybean oil | 2.78 | 2.27 | Trp, % | 0.24 | 0.24 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 1.20 | 0.66 | Ca, % | 0.80 | 0.70 |
| Limestone | 0.85 | 0.80 | TP, % | 0.61 | 0.54 |
| Salt | 0.15 | 0.30 | AP, % | 0.41 | 0.33 |
| L-lys | 0.60 | 0.45 | |||
| DL-met | 0.12 | 0.08 | |||
| Thr | 0.21 | 0.15 | |||
| Trp | 0.04 | 0.04 | |||
| Premixb | 0.50 | 0.50 | |||
| Total | 100.00 | 100.00 | |||
Phase 1 referred to the weight of piglets ranging from 7 to 11 kg and phase 2 referred to the weight of piglets ranging from 11 to 25 kg.
Premix provided the following per kg of diet: vitamin A, 12,000 IU; vitamin D3, 3,000 IU; vitamin E, 30 IU; vitamin K3, 2.5 mg; vitamin B12,20.0 μg; riboflavin, 4.0 mg; pantothenic acid, 12.5 mg; niacin, 40 mg; choline chloride, 400 mg; folacin, 0.7 mg; thiamine 2.5 mg; pyridoxine 3.0 mg; biotin, 70 μg; Mn, 30 mg; Fe, 100 mg; Zn, 80 mg (ZnO); Cu, 90 mg; I, 0.25 mg; Se, 0.15 mg.
Digestible energy content of the diet was calculated using energy values for the ingredients obtained from NRC.
DE, digestible energy; CP, crude protein; Met, methionine; Thr, threonine; Trp, tryptophan; Ca, calcium; TP, total phosphorus; AP, available phosphorus.