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Table 1 Composition and calculated analysis (as-fed basis) of diets

From: Transcriptional response of porcine skeletal muscle to feeding a linseed-enriched diet to growing pigs

 

Growing phasea

Finishing phaseb

Item

Control diet

Linseed-enriched diet

Control diet

Linseed-enriched diet

Ingredients, %

    

 Corn

48.70

60.50

52.90

65

 Wheat middling

18.00

   

 Wheat bran

  

20.00

1.00

 Soybean meal

27.00

26.50

21.00

21.00

 Fat powderc

3.30

 

3.10

 

 linseed

 

10.00

 

10.00

 Premixd

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

Calculated analysis

    

 CP, %

18.07

18.01

16.05

16.08

 Ether extract, %

5.59

5.87

5.56

6.02

 DE, Mcal/kg

3.42

3.41

3.40

3.40

 Lysine, %

1.07

1.05

0.93

0.95

 Calcium, %

0.69

0.66

0.65

0.70

 Phosphorus, %

0.50

0.51

0.49

0.55

  1. aBody weight range from 30 to 60 kg
  2. bBody weight range from 60 to 115 kg
  3. cFat powder: The fat powder is commercially available (BERGAFAT HTL-306 from Berg & Schmidt Co.) with a main composition of a palm oil fraction and phospholipid and the ether extract content is more than 99.50 %. Fatty acid profile of the fat powder: palmitic acid (16:0), 70–80 %; stearic acid (18:0), 5–10 %; oleic acid (18:1), 8–15 %
  4. dProvided per kg of premix: vitamin A, 11,250 IU; vitamin D3, 2,500 IU; vitamin E, 200 mg; menadione, 2.5 mg; thiamine, 2.5 mg; riboflavin, 6.0 mg; niacin, 25 mg; d-panthothenic acid, 8 mg; vitamin B6, 3.0 mg;vitamin B12, 0.08 mg; d-biotin, 0.1 mg; folic acid, 12.5 mg. copper, 20 mg; iron, 50 mg; manganese, 30 mg; zinc, 80 mg; iodine, 0.8 mg