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Table 1 Summary of the multi-phase diets offered to the animals for Trials 1 and 2

From: Strategies to improve the growth and homogeneity of growing-finishing pigs: feeder space and feeding management

 

Nursery (N)

Growing-Finishing (GF)

Trial 1

N11

N2

N3

GF4

–

GF5

–

 Days2

2–3

8

27

64

–

To end

–

 NE (MJ/kg)

11.0

10.7

10.4

9.9

–

10.0

–

 CP (%)

20.2

19.1

18.0

16.0

–

16.0

–

 d-Lys (%)

1.37

1.32

1.20

0.99

–

0.95

–

Trial 2

N1

N2

N3

GF4

GF5

GF6

GF7

 Days

10

10

20

7

7

40

To end

 NE (MJ/kg)

10.8

10.6

10.6

10.4

10.0

10.2

10.2

 CP (%)

22.0

19.5

18.5

17.0

16.0

15.5

14.0

 d-Lys (%)

1.39

1.27

1.15

1.08

1.05

0.95

0.89

  1. 1In Trial 1, creep-feed (N1) was offered simultaneously to N1 and for a few d; instead, in Trial 2, it was offered as a single diet for 10 d
  2. 2It is referred to the number of days a particular feed is fed
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