Table 1. Composition of experimental diets for growing-finishing pigs (as-fed basis)

Item	Grower (day 1 to 49)	Finisher (day 50 to 98)
Ingredient (%)
Corn	81.04	90.38
Soybean meal (44%)	15.02	6.71
Tallow	0.61	0.11
Mono-dicalcium phosphate	1.34	1.05
Limestone	0.79	0.64
Salt	0.30	0.30
Vitamin-mineral premix1)	0.20	0.20
L-Lysine-HCl	0.45	0.41
DL-Methionine	0.05	0.02
L-Threonine	0.15	0.13
L-Tryptophan	0.05	0.05
Total	100.00	100.00
Calculated energy and nutrient contents
Metabolizable energy (kcal/kg)	3,365	3,353
Crude protein (%)	13.98	11.24
Crude fat (%)	3.67	3.51
Calcium (%)	0.64	0.50
Phosphorus (%)	0.57	0.48
Lysine (%)	0.89	0.66
Methionine (%)	0.25	0.19
Threonine (%)	0.64	0.36
Tryptophan (%)	0.18	0.47

Provided per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 12,000 IU; vitamin D3, 2,500 IU; vitamin E, 30 IU; vitamin K3, 3mg; D-pantothenic acid, 15 mg; nicotinic acid, 40 mg; choline, 400 mg; and vitamin B12, 12 μg; Fe, 90 mg from iron sulfate; Cu, 8.8 mg from copper sulfate; Zn, 100 mg from zinc oxide; Mn, 54 mg from manganese oxide; I, 0.35 mg from potassium iodide.