Table 1. Chemical composition of the basal weanling diets (as-fed basis)

Items Content
Phase 1 Phase 2
HP LP HP LP
Ingredient (%)
 Corn 366.00 410.82 524.1 564.02
 Barely 50.00 50.00 - -
 Soybean meal 263.81 212.43 258.00 209.60
 Fish meal 40.00 40.00 20.00 20.00
 Soybean oil 38.02 38.33 32.80 33.13
 Monocalcium phosphate 7.21 8.16 7.95 8.87
 Limestone 11.14 11.13 11.70 13.38
 Wheat bran - - 50.00 50.00
 Sugar 30.00 30.00 20.00 20.00
 Vitamin premix1) 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50
 Mineral premix2) 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00
 L-Lysine-HCl (78%) 4.80 6.39 6.14 7.64
 DL-Methionine (50%) 2.71 2.95 2.74 2.98
 L-Threonine (89%) 2.03 2.83 2.35 3.12
 L-Tryptophan (10%) 6.83 9.49 7.24 9.76
 ZnO 1.20 1.20 1.20 1.20
 Salt 1.75 1.77 1.28 1.80
 Sweet whey powder 120.00 120.00 50.00 50.00
 Lactose 50.00 50.00 - -
Total 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00
Provided per kg of complete diet: vitamin A, 11,-025 IU; vitamin D3, 1,103 IU; vitamin E, 44 IU; vitamin K, 4.4 mg; riboflavin, 8.3 mg; niacin, 50 mg; thiamine, 4 mg; D-pantothenic, 29 mg; choline, 166 mg; and vitamin B12, 33 μg.
Provided per kg of complete diet: copper (as CuSO4·5H2O), 12 mg; zinc (as ZnSO4), 85 mg; manganese (as MnO2), 8 mg; iodine (as KI), 0.28 mg; and selenium (as Na2SeO3·5H2O), 0.15 mg.
HP, high crude protein (19.00% [days 1–14]; 17.00% [days 15–28]); LP, low crude protein (18.05% [days 1–14]; 16.15% [days 15–28]).