Effects of creep feeding and supplemental glutamine or glutamine plus glutamate (Aminogut) on pre- and post-weaning growth performance and intestinal health of piglets

Table 1 Ingredients and nutrient composition of the basal diets (Phase 1, 2 and 3) ¹

Ingredients, %	Phase 1	Phase 2	Phase 3
Corn	39.00	51.36	63.73
Soybean meal, 48%	20.00	25.00	30.00
Choice white grease	3.00	3.00	3.00
Dicalcium	0.00	0.60	1.30
Limestone	0.55	0.60	0.50
Salt	0.30	0.30	0.50
l-Lysine	0.25	0.27	0.39
DL-Methionine	0.21	0.18	0.18
L-Threonine	0.16	0.16	0.19
L-Tryptophan	0.02	0.02	0.00
Granular whey	5.00	0.00	0.00
Porcine plasma protein	4.00	2.00	0.00
Dairy Lac 80	20.00	10.00	0.00
Fish meal select	6.00	5.00	0.00
ZnO	0.30	0.30	0.00
Copper sulfate	0.05	0.05	0.05
Vitamins Mix²	0.01	0.01	0.01
Trace mineral Mix³	0.15	0.15	0.15
Mecadox	1.00	1.00	0.00
Total	100.00	100.00	100.00
Calculated nutrients
ME (Mcal/kg)	3.52	3.46	3.46
CP, %	21.67	21.77	20.12
TID Lysine, % ⁴	1.39	1.35	1.25
TID Met, %	0.52	0.50	0.45
TID M + C, %	0.83	0.81	0.75
TID Threonine, %	0.93	0.88	0.82
TID Tryptophan, %	0.25	0.25	0.21
TID Isoleucine, %	0.77	0.78	0.73
TID Valine, %	0.93	0.91	0.82
Glutamate, %	3.69	3.79	3.62
Total P, %	0.64	0.67	0.63
Available P, %	0.43	0.40	0.30
Ca, %	0.80	0.80	0.60
Na, %	0.32	0.21	0.21
Lactose, %	19.50	8.00	0.00

¹L-Glutamine was supplemented at 1% of the diet at the expense of corn. Amino-Gut was supplemented 0.8% in phase 1 and 2; and at 0.6% in phase 3.
²Vitamin Mix contained per kg of premix: vitamin A Acetate 4,231,292 IU; vitamin D₃ 603,174 IU; vitamin E ascorbate 24,172 IU; vitamin B₁₂ 14.97 mg; riboflavin spray dried 3,023 mg; niacin 18,140 mg; d-pantothenic 12,093 mg; menadione 1,995 mg; folic acid spray dried 907 mg; biotin spray dried 121 mg.
³Trace mineral Mix contained: ferrous sulfate 11.02%; copper sulfate 1.10%; ethylenediamine dihydriodine 198 ppm; manganese oxide 2.64%; sodium selenite 198.4 ppm; zinc sulfate 11.02%.
⁴Total ileal digestible lysine.