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Table 2 Chemical compositions of experimental diets (growing phase)

From: Effect of dietary energy levels and phase feeding by protein levels on growth performance, blood profiles and carcass characteristics in growing-finishing pigs

 

Growing 1 phase (0-3 week)

Growing 2 phase (4-6 week)

Treatment

CON, P4, P5

LP5

CON

P4, P5

LP5

ME (Kcal/kg)b

ME 3,265 or 3,365 kcal/kg

Crude protein (%)b

18.0

17.2

18.0

16.3

15.6

Crude protein (%)a

17.7

17.0

18.3

16.5

15.5

Crude fat (%)a,c

2.6/4.2

2.6/4.4

3.2/4.2

3.0/4.0

2.7/4.5

Lysine (%)b

0.95

0.88

0.95

0.82

0.77

Methionine (%)b

0.26

0.25

0.26

0.25

0.24

Tryptophan (%)b

0.22

0.21

0.22

0.20

0.19

Tryptophan (%)b

0.72

0.69

0.72

0.65

0.63

Calcium (%)b

0.60

0.57

0.60

0.54

0.52

Total phosphorus (%)b

0.50

0.50

0.50

0.47

0.45

  1. aanalyzed value, bcalculated value, cAnalyzed crude fat content: ME 3,265 kcal diet/ME 3,365 kcal diet