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Table 1 Analyzed composition of ingredients used in diets, as fed basis

From: Influence of the concentration of dietary digestible calcium on growth performance, bone mineralization, plasma calcium, and abundance of genes involved in intestinal absorption of calcium in pigs from 11 to 22 kg fed diets with different concentrations of digestible phosphorus

Item

Corn

Soybean meal

Lactose

Calcium carbonate

Monocalcium phosphate

Monosodium phosphate

Sodium bicarbonate

Sodium chloride

GE, kcal/kg

3769

4173

3694

DM, %

85.29

86.97

94.91

99.94

92.47

99.83

63.33

99.96

Ash, %

1.49

7.11

0.19

91.53

81.89

91.85

63.30

100.18

CP, %

6.43

46.60

AEEa, %

4.31

1.45

ADF, %

3.02

6.60

NDF, %

9.16

7.08

Ca, %

0.02

0.30

0.02

39.23

18.59

0.04

0.01

0.19

P, %

0.29

0.67

0.01

0.02

21.59

25.44

0.03

NDb

Phytatec, %

0.74

1.49

Phytate-bound P, %

0.21

0.42

Non-phytate Pd, %

0.08

0.25

Na, %

0.02

0.02

0.05

0.09

19.04

27.10

39.45

Cl, %

0.10

0.10

ND

0.01

ND

ND

58.77

K, %

0.44

2.49

0.10

0.16

0.22

ND

ND

  1. aAEE acid hydrolyzed ether extract
  2. bND not detectable
  3. cPhytate was calculated by dividing the phytate-bound P by 0.282 (Tran and Sauvant [16])
  4. dNon-phytate P was calculated as the difference between total P and phytate-bound P