Table 1.
Analysed nutritional contents of the five experimental diets in the three feeding phases for weaned pigs.
| Dietary Treatment 1 | Phase 1 | Phase 2 | Phase 3 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | NC | SP | SB | XLA | PC NC |
SP | SB | XLA | PC NC |
SP SB XLA |
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| Chemical composition | |||||||||||
| CP2, g/kg | 187.9 | 188.4 | 176.0 | 175.9 | 155.3 | 187.2 | 176.0 | 176.1 | 151.4 | 190.6 | 190.0 |
| Calcium, g/kg | 7.5 | 8.0 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 8.8 | 8.6 |
| Phosphorous, g/kg | 6.5 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| Zinc, mg/kg | 2740 | 140 | 138 | 166 | 70 | 139 | 138 | 132 | 130 | 144 | 135 |
| Copper, mg/kg | 150 | 125 | 125 | 122 | 38 | 93 | 96 | 88 | 71 | 74 | 65 |
| Total amino acids, g/kg | |||||||||||
| Lys | 12.9 | 13.6 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 13.0 | 13.3 | 13.5 | 13.1 | 13.0 | 13.2 | 12.8 |
| Met | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 |
| Met + Cys | 7.1 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 6.9 |
| Thr | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.1 |
| Val | 9.4 | 9.4 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 9.3 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 9.0 | 9.1 |
| His | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| Ile | 7.3 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 7.0 |
| Leu | 13.7 | 13.9 | 12.6 | 12.8 | 12.0 | 13.6 | 12.6 | 12.3 | 11.9 | 12.7 | 12.8 |
| Phe | 9.1 | 9.2 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 7.3 | 9.1 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 7.3 | 6.6 | 8.7 |
| Digestible amino acids 2, g/kg | |||||||||||
| SID CP | 164.3 | 165.1 | 154.1 | 154.0 | 135.9 | 164.4 | 153.9 | 152.8 | 155.8 | 166.7 | 166.4 |
| SID Lys | 11.6 | 12.3 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.1 | 12.4 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 12.0 | 11.6 |
| SID Met | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| SID Met + Cys | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.1 |
| SID Thr | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.1 |
| SID Val | 8.1 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.9 |
| SID His | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| SID Ile | 6.4 | 6.5 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| SID Leu | 12.2 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 11.3 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 11.0 | 10.8 | 10.5 | 11.2 | 11.3 |
| SID CP | 164.3 | 165.1 | 154.1 | 154.0 | 135.9 | 164.4 | 153.9 | 152.8 | 155.8 | 166.7 | 166.4 |
1 PC = Positive control with medicinal zinc oxide; NC = Negative control without medicinal zinc oxide, SP = Soy protein concentrate, SB = Soybean meal, XLA = X-low protein + amino acids. 2 CP = Crude protein; SID = Standardised ileal digestible: The content of SID CP and amino acids were calculated based on analyzed total values of the six dietary treatments and on SID digestibility coefficients of the feed ingredients from Danish Agro (Sjölund, Denmark).