Table 2. Formulae and chemical composition of experimental diets for the growing-finishing pigs

Ingredients (%) Growing phase (0 to 27 days) Finishing phase (28 to 56 days)
Total 100.00 100.00
 Corn 46.26 67.86
 Soybean meal 34.00 18.76
 Animal fat 4.50 3.50
 Wheat 11.00 3.69
 DCP 0.80 0.80
 Limestone 0.60 0.85
 Salt 0.30 0.30
 DL-Methionine 0.32 0.21
 L-Lysine 0.90 1.71
 Mineral premix1) 0.15 0.15
 Vitamin premix2) 0.15 0.15
 Choline chloride 0.02 0.02
Calculated values
 ME (kcal/kg) 3,300 3,300
 Crude protein (%) 20.00 18.00
 Calcium (%) 0.30 0.25
 Lysine (%) 1.00 1.00
 Methionine and cysteine (%) 0.59 0.48
Mineral premix, supplied per kilogram of diet: 45 mg Fe, 0.25 mg Co, 50 mg Cu, 15 mg Mn, 25 mg Zn, 0.35 mg I, 0.13 mg Se;
Vitamin premix, supplied per kilogram of diet: 16,000 IU vitamin A, 3,000 IU vitamin D3, 40 IU vitamin E, 5.0mg vitamin K3, 5.0 mg vitamin B1, 20 mg vitamin B2, 4 mg vitamin B6, 0.08 mg vitamin B12, 40 mg pantothenic acid, 45 mg niacin, 0.15 mg biotin, 0.65 mg folic acid, 12 mg antioxidant.
DCP, digestible crude protein.