Table 1 Feed ingredients and chemical compositions of diets in growing and finishing pigs

Ingredients (%) Grower Finisher
   Corn 54.33 54.68
   Wheat 15.00 20.00
   Soybean meal 23.05 17.86
   Beef tallow 2.45 2.48
   Molasses 2.00 2.00
   Limestone 0.48 1.15
   Calcium phosphate 1.36 0.74
   Salt 0.35 0.35
   Lysine 0.40 0.26
   Methionine 0.20 0.13
   Threonine 0.11 0.08
   Vitamin-mineral mixture1 0.27 0.27
   Total 100 100
Calculated analysis (%)
   Moisture 11.55 11.69
   Crude protein 17.00 15.01
   Crude fat 4.76 4.80
   Crude fiber 2.60 2.26
   Crude ash 2.69 2.46
   Calcium 0.62 0.69
   Phosphorus 0.59 0.46
   Total lysine 1.14 0.90
   DE (Mcal/kg) 3.52 3.50
1The vitamin-mineral premix provided per kilogram of diet: 20,000 IU of vitamin A; 4,000 IU of vitamin D3; 80 IU of vitamin E; 16 mg of vitamin K; 4 mg of thiamine; 20 mg of riboflavin; 6 mg of pyridoxine; 0.08 mg of vitamin B12; 120 mg of niacin; 50 mg of Ca-pantothenate; 2 mg of folic acid; 0.08 mg of biotin; 15 mg of Cu (as copper sulfate); 56 mg of Zn (as zinc oxide); 73 mg of Mn (as manganese oxide); 0.3 mg of I (as potassium iodate); 0.5 mg of Co (as Co2O3·7H2O); 0.4 mg of Se (as Na2SeO3·5H2O).
DE, digestible energy.