Table 2.
Composition of the five experimental diets for weaned pigs in a three-phase feeding programme.
| Dietary Treatment 1 Ingredient (%) |
Phase 1 | Phase 2 | Phase 3 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | NC | SP | SB | XLA | PC NC |
SP | SB | XLA | PC NC |
SP SB XLA |
|
| Wheat | 46.6 | 47.7 | 53.0 | 51.7 | 59.4 | 52.1 | 59.1 | 54.9 | 65.4 | 49.8 | 49.7 |
| Barley | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 |
| Soybean meal | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.5 | 7.0 | 0.5 | 14.0 | 6.0 | 14.0 | 2.2 | 21.0 | 22.5 |
| Soy protein concentrate 2 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 2.2 | 0 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 0.85 | 0 | 2.1 | 0.5 |
| Potato protein conc. | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fishmeal | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Whey powder | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fatty acid distillate | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
| Monocalcium phosphate | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Limestone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Sodium chloride | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Sodium bicarbonate | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Lysine sulphate 70% | 0.69 | 0.69 | 0.90 | 0.86 | 1.25 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.72 | 0.81 |
| Methionine 98% | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.23 | 0.76 | 0.93 | 0.93 | 1.35 | 0.14 | 0.16 |
| Threonine 98% | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.33 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.24 | 0.17 | 0.21 |
| Tryptophan 99% | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.16 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.36 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
| Valine 96.5% | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.20 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.09 |
| Mineral-vitamin premix 3 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.23 | 0.40 | 0.40 |
| Phytase 4 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| Benzoic acid | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
| Calcium formate | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Microgrits Green 5 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.05 | 0 |
| Microgrits Blue 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.05 |
| Zinc oxide | 0.30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isoleucine 98.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 |
| Leucine 98.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 |
| Histidine 98.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 |
| Phenylalanine 98.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrosine 98.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 |
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 Vilosoy from Vilomix (Sjølund, Denmark). 3 DA Vit weaning mix from Danish Agro (Sjølund, Denmark), DA = Danish Agro. 4 DSM Ronozyme, phytase enzyme from DSM (Brøndby, Denmark). 5 Microgrits were added, to ensure that the correct feed was delivered from the correct silos.