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Table 4 Ingredients and analysed chemical composition of grower diets fed to piglets

From: Maternal dietary resistant starch does not improve piglet’s gut and liver metabolism when challenged with a high fat diet

Ingredient (%)

Grower 1 (11–25 kg)

Grower 2 (25–50 kg)

CON

HF

CON

HF

Barley

17.7

17.7

11.25

11.25

Maize

13.5

13.5

9.4

9.4

Wheat

13

13

27

27

Soybean meal 48%

12.1

12.1

14.2

14.2

Palm oil

10

10

Maize starch

10

10

Golden soy

9

9

0

0

Nutex 68 (Dumoulin Inc)

4.5

4.5

0

0

Bread flour

4.5

4.5

4.95

4.95

Biscuit flour

4.5

4.5

4.95

4.95

wheat bran

3.6

3.6

2.34

2.34

Rapeseed cake

2.2

2.2

4.95

4.95

Sunflower cake

0

0

3.15

3.15

Chalk

1.5

1.5

1.36

1.36

Beet pulp

1.3

1.3

1.8

1.8

Fat

0

0

1.67

1.67

Maize gluten

0

0

1.188

1.188

Amino acids (Thr, Try, Met, Lys)

1.132

1.132

0.775

0.775

Minerals & Vitamins

0.603

0.603

0.369

0.369

Salt

0.4

0.4

0.333

0.333

Molasses

0

0

0.36

0.36

Analysed chemical composition (%)

 Dry Matter

88.8

89.7

89.94

89.41

 Crude Protein

18.03

17.81

18.40

18.84

 Ether Extract

5.05

15.94

4.77

14.88

 Acid Detergent Fibre

5.15

5.55

5.29

5.37

 Neutral Detergent Fibre

12.69

13.83

13.65

14.65