Table 1.
Ingredient composition (as fed basis) of the starter (1–10 d of age), grower (11–21 d of age), and finisher (22–32 d of age) phase basal diets.
| Starter (1–10 d of age) |
Grower (11–21 d of age) |
Finisher (22–32 d of age) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diet | PC | NC1 | NC2 | PC | NC1 | NC2 | PC | NC1 | NC2 |
| Ingredient, % | |||||||||
| Wheat | 28.32 | 36.07 | 36.98 | 28.28 | 34.10 | 35.85 | 34.27 | 40.78 | 42.84 |
| Corn | 25.00 | 25.00 | 25.00 | 30.00 | 30.00 | 30.00 | 30.00 | 30.00 | 30.00 |
| Soybean meal | 30.32 | 26.82 | 27.04 | 24.41 | 22.30 | 22.05 | 18.00 | 14.76 | 14.23 |
| Sunflower meal | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.27 | 4.50 | 4.50 | 4.50 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| Rapeseed meal | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Soy oil | 3.88 | 1.48 | 0.50 | 4.03 | 2.19 | 0.74 | 4.17 | 2.54 | 1.05 |
| Palm oil | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.20 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
| Limestone | 1.13 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.08 | 1.13 | 1.14 | 1.01 | 1.06 | 1.06 |
| Monodicalcium phosphate | 1.68 | 0.52 | 0.51 | 1.44 | 0.35 | 0.34 | 1.02 | − | − |
| L-Lysine HCl | 0.31 | 0.32 | 0.29 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.32 | 0.35 | 0.34 |
| DL-Met | 0.29 | 0.22 | 0.20 | 0.27 | 0.21 | 0.19 | 0.21 | 0.16 | 0.15 |
| L-Thr | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.08 |
| L-Arg | − | 0.03 | 0.01 | − | − | − | − | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| L-Val | 0.02 | 0.01 | − | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.01 | − | − | − |
| L-Ile | − | − | − | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Sodium bicarbonate | 0.45 | 0.27 | 0.26 | 0.47 | 0.27 | 0.27 | 0.46 | 0.29 | 0.29 |
| Sodium chloride | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.14 |
| Vitamin-mineral premix1 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 |
| Coccidiostat2 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | − | − | − |
| Phytase3 | − | −/+ | −/+ | − | −/+ | −/+ | − | −/+ | −/+ |
| Xylanase and β-glucanase4 | − | − | −/+ | − | − | −/+ | − | − | −/+ |
Supplied per kilogram of diet: 4,800 IU of vitamin A; 2,000 IU of vitamin D3; 24 mg of vitamin E; 0.8 mg of vitamin K3; 0.8 mg of vitamin B1; 2 mg of vitamin B2; 20 mg of B3; 4.8 mg of vitamin B5; 1.2 mg of vitamin B6; 10 mcg of vitamin B12; 140 mg of choline chloride; 0.8 mg of folic acid; 0.1 mg of Biotin; 15 mg of Fe; 4 mg of Cu; 44 mg of Mn; 40 mg of Zn; 0.8 mg of I; 0.12 mg of Se; 0.2 mg of Co; and 50 mg of antioxidant.
Cycostat (Zoetis Australia Pty Ltd., NSW, Australia).
A novel consensus bacterial 6-phytase variant (PhyG), added at 2,000, 1,500, and 1,000 FTU/kg during starter, grower, and finisher phase, respectively.
A combination of xylanase and β-glucanase that supplied 1,220 U of xylanase and 152 U of β-glucanase per kilogram of final feed.