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]).