Table 1.
Ingredient composition of the experimental diets
| Dietary Ca, g/kg DM | 5.5 | 8.5 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exogenous phytase, FTU/kg of diet | 0 | 1,500 | 0 | 1,500 | |||
| Ingredients, g/kg as-fed | |||||||
| Corn1 | 591 | ||||||
| Soybean meal1 | 250 | ||||||
| Rapeseed meal1 | 100 | ||||||
| Soybean oil | 20 | ||||||
| P-free mineral and vitamin premix2 | 20 | ||||||
| Titanium dioxide | 5 | ||||||
| Limestone | 6 | 14 | |||||
| Diamol3 | 8 | — | |||||
| Exogenous phytase, FTU/kg of diet | 0 | 1,500 | 0 | 1,500 | |||
1Analyzed concentration of nutrients is described in Supplementary Table S1.
2BASU Mineralfutter GmbH, Bad Sulza, Germany; provided the following per kilogram of diet: Ca, 0.88 g; Na, 1.0 g; Mg, 200 mg; Fe, 80 mg (iron sulfate); Mn, 50 mg (manganese oxide and sulfate); Zn, 60 mg (zinc oxide and sulfate); Cu, 10 mg (copper sulfate); I, 1.34 mg (calcium iodate); Se, 0.26 mg (sodium selenite); vitamin A, 7,000 IU; vitamin D, 1,000 IU; vitamin E; 80 mg; vitamin K, 1.0 mg; vitamin B1, 1.0 mg; vitamin B2, 3.1 mg; vitamin B6, 2.5 mg; vitamin B12, 20µg; niacin, 12.5 mg; pantothenic acid, 8.0 mg; folic acid, 0.4 mg; biotin, 0.08 mg; choline chlorides, 160 mg.
3Provided by BASU Mineralfutter GmbH, Bad Sulza, Germany.