Research Article

Weaning Induced Hepatic Oxidative Stress, Apoptosis, and Aminotransferases through MAPK Signaling Pathways in Piglets

Table 1

Dietary ingredients and nutrient levels.

ItemAmount

Ingredients (%)
 Corn41.18
 Fermented soybean meal 5.00
 Peeled soybean meal7.00
 Extruded soybean11.22
 Fish meal5.00
 Plasma protein4.00
 Whey powder15.00
 Limestone 0.50
 Monocalcium phosphate0.90
 Choline0.10
 Lactose8.75
 Sodium chloride0.35
 Vitamin premix10.50
 Mineral premix20.50
 Total100.00
Nutrition levels
 Digestible Energy (MJ/kg)14.48
 Crude protein (%)20.50
 Ca (%)0.85
 Total P (%)0.67
 Available P (%)0.55
 Lysine (%)1.55
 Methionine (%)0.42
 Methionine + cysteine (%)0.83
 Tryptophan (%)0.27
 Threonine (%)1.01

Provided per kg of mixed diet: vitamin A, 12 000 IU/kg; vitamin D3, 3200 IU/kg; vitamin K3, 2.5 mg; vitamin E, 80 mg; vitamin B1, 2.5 mg; vitamin B2, 6.5 mg; vitamin B6, 5 mg; vitamin B12, 0.05 mg; niacin, 45 mg; and D-pantothenic acid, 20 mg.
2 Provided per kg of mixed diet: folic acid, 1.5 mg; biotin, 0.15 mg; Fe, 150 mg as ferrous sulfate; Cu, 125 mg as copper sulfate; Zn, 200 mg as zinc oxide; Mn, 30 mg as manganous oxide; I, 0.3 mg as potassium iodide; and Se, 0.3 mg as selenium selenite.