Effects of sires with different weight gain potentials and varying planes of nutrition on growth of growing-finishing pigs

Table 1 Declared minimum nutritional values of the commercial diets used in the present study (as-fed basis)

Item	Grower phase 1¹⁾			Grower phase 2²⁾			Finisher³⁾
Item	H⁴⁾	M⁵⁾	L⁶⁾	H	M	L	H⁷⁾	M	L
Crude protein, %	18.2	17.5	15.5	16.6	16.0	15.6	13.5	13.8	13.4
Lysine, %	1.1	1.0	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.7
Crude fat, %	6.0	4.0	3.0	5.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.5
DE, Mcal/kg	3.45	3.35	3.30	3.45	3.30	3.30	3.24	3.30	3.25

^1)-3)Fed from 16–29 kg, 29–48 kg, and 48–114 kg of body weight, respectively, on average.
^4)-6)High-, medium, and low planes of nutrition, respectively.
⁷⁾It was informed from the formulator of the experimental diets that actual nutrients densities of the finisher H were higher than those of the finisher M and also comparable to those of the phase 2 grower M.

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