Table 1. Phosphorus (P) and phytate-P concentrations in commercial swine diet in Korea (as-fed basis)
Category | Body weight (kg) | n | Total P (%) | Phytate-P (%) |
Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
Piglet phase 1 | 7 to 15 | 11 | 0.59 | 0.11 | 0.19b | 0.06 |
Piglet phase 2 | 15 to 25 | 11 | 0.60 | 0.11 | 0.22b | 0.07 |
Growing phase | 25 to 50 | 10 | 0.58 | 0.10 | 0.30a | 0.06 |
Finishing phase | 50 to 121.5 | 7 | 0.54 | 0.10 | 0.28a | 0.07 |
Gestating sow | - | 9 | 0.66 | 0.12 | 0.30a | 0.05 |
Lactating sow | - | 9 | 0.66 | 0.07 | 0.31a | 0.04 |
SEM | - | - | 0.03 | - | 0.02 | - |
p-value | - | - | 0.152 | - | < 0.001 | - |
Means within a column without a common superscript letter differ (p < 0.05).