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

From: Effects of varying nursery phase-feeding programs on growth performance of pigs during the nursery and subsequent grow-finish phases

Item

Nursery

Grow-finish

 

Phase 11

Phase 22

Phase 33

High

Medium plane5

    

Phase 14

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

CP6, %

21.0

21.0

20.5

18.2

17.5

15.5

13.4

Lysine, %

1.40

1.40

1.25

1.10

1.0

0.80

0.70

CF6, %

7.5

7.5

7.0

6.0

4.0

3.0

2.5

DE6, Mcal/kg

3.75

3.60

3.60

3.45

3.35

3.30

3.25

  1. 1-3Contained 20%, 7%, and 0% lactose and 35%, 8%, and 0% dried whey, respectively.
  2. 1-4Used for nursery pigs between d 21 and 54 of age.
  3. 5Provided to grow-finish pigs from d 54 through d 182 of age.
  4. 6CP, crude protein; CF, crude fat; DE, digestible energy.
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Journal of Animal Science and Technology

ISSN: 2055-0391