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Table 1 Basal diet composition (%) and nutrient profile

From: Thymol modulates the endocannabinoid system and gut chemosensing of weaning pigs

Ingredient (% of dry matter)

 Corn meal

59.25

 Soybean meal, 44%

21.90

 Sweet milk whey

8.00

 Fish meal (Herring 999)

7.00

 Soybean oil

1.98

 Calcium carbonate

0.35

 Vitamin and mineral premix1

0.25

 L-Lysine HCl

0.54

 NaCl

0.16

 L-Threonine

0.24

 DL-Methionine

0.26

 L-Tryptophan

0.08

 Total

100

Calculated nutrient composition

 Digestible Energy2 (kcal/kg feed)

3523

 Net Energy2–3 (kcal/kg feed)

2549

 Dry matter (%)

88.53

 Crude protein (%)

21.00

 Crude fiber (%)

2.64

 Crude fat (%)

5.32

 Calcium (g/kg)

7.00

 Phosphorus – Total (g/kg)

5.60

 Phosphorus – Available (g/kg)

1.45

 Sodium (g/kg)

1.80

  1. 1Content of vitamins and Oligo minerals/kg feed: vit. A: 10,000. UI; vit. D3: 1000UI; vit. E: 100 mg; vit. B1: 3.0 mg; vit. B2: 10.0 mg; vit. B6:5.8 mg; vit. B12: 0.04 mg; Biotin: 0.19 mg; vit. K: 4.8 mg; vit. PP: 35.0 mg; folic acid: 1.4 mg; D-pantothenic acid: 26.1 mg; choline chloride: 120 mg; 49.7 mg Mn from Manganese oxide; 224 mg Fe from Ferrous carbonate; 75.8 mg Cu from Copper sulphate pentahydrate; 139 mg Zn from Zinc oxide; 0.89 mg I from Calcium iodide; 0.64 mg Se from Disodium selenite
  2. 2Aritmetic mean
  3. 3Net Energy was calculated according to the procedure and equation proposed by Noblet and colleagues [48]