Table 2.
Ingredient composition of experimental diets, as-fed basis
| Item | Bakery meal1 | N-free |
|---|---|---|
| Bakery meal | 97.85 | — |
| Soybean oil | — | 4.00 |
| Ground limestone | 0.30 | 0.30 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 0.90 | 1.75 |
| Sucrose | — | 20.00 |
| Corn starch | — | 68.50 |
| Solka floc2 | — | 4.00 |
| Magnesium oxide | — | 0.10 |
| Potassium carbonate | — | 0.40 |
| Sodium chloride | 0.40 | 0.40 |
| Titanium dioxide | 0.40 | 0.40 |
| Vitamin–mineral premix3 | 0.15 | 0.15 |
1A total of 11 diets were formulated using 11 sources of bakery meal.
2Fiber Sales and Development Corp., Urbana, OH.
3The vitamin–micromineral premix provided the following quantities of vitamins and micro minerals per kilogram of complete diet: vitamin A as retinyl acetate, 11,150 IU; vitamin D3 as cholecalciferol, 2,210 IU; vitamin E as DL alpha tocopheryl acetate, 66 IU; vitamin K as menadione nicotinamide bisulfate, 1.42 mg; thiamin as thiamine mononitrate, 1.10 mg; riboflavin, 6.59 mg; pyridoxine as pyridoxine hydrochloride, 1.00 mg; vitamin B12, 0.03 mg; d-pantothenic acid as d-calcium pantothenate, 23.6 mg; niacin, 44.1 mg; folic acid, 1.59 mg; biotin, 0.44 mg; Cu, 20 mg as copper chloride; Fe, 125 mg as iron sulfate; I, 1.26 mg as ethylenediamine dihydriodide; Mn, 60.2 mg as manganese hydroxychloride; Se, 0.30 mg as sodium selenite and selenium yeast; and Zn, 125.1 mg as zinc hydroxychloride.