Table 1.
Ingredients and calculated nutrient content of the basal diet.1
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Ingredients, g/kg as-fed basis | |
| Corn | 597.40 |
| Soybean meal | 250.00 |
| Soybean oil | 17.00 |
| Limestone | 108.60 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 9.20 |
| Sodium bicarbonate | 1.50 |
| Salt | 2.90 |
| DL-Met, 99% | 2.90 |
| L-Thr, 98.5% | 0.50 |
| Phytase (AB Vista) 2 | 0.06 |
| Vitamin premix3 | 1.00 |
| Mineral premix4 | 1.50 |
| Inert | 6.50 |
| Aluminosilicates | 1.00 |
| Total | 1000 |
| Nutritional levels, g/kg as-fed basis | |
| Metabolizable energy, MJ/kg | 11.50 |
| Dry matter | 910.00 |
| Crude protein5 | 159.00 |
| Crude fiber5 | 30.10 |
| Crude fat5 | 40.10 |
| Digestible Lys | 7.60 |
| Digestible Met | 5.30 |
| Digestible Met + Cys | 7.40 |
| Digestible Thr | 5.90 |
| Calcium5 | 45.00 |
| Phosphorus5 | 6.80 |
| Available phosphorus | 4.50 |
| Sodium | 1.80 |
| Chlorine | 2.30 |
| Potassium | 6.50 |
1
The feeds were formulated based on the recommendation of Rostagno et al. (2017).
2
Supplementation per kilogram of the product: phytase, ≥10,000 FTU/kg.
3
Supplementation per kilogram of the product: vitamin A, ≥8,000,000 IU; vitamin D3, ≥2,500,000 IU; vitamin E, ≥6,000 IU; vitamin K3, ≥1,000 mg; vitamin B1, ≥1,000 mg; vitamin B2, ≥4,500 mg; vitamin B6, ≥2,000 mg; vitamin B12, ≥12 mg; niacin, ≥15,000 mg; calcium pantothenate, ≥6,000 mg; folic acid, ≥400 mg; biotin, ≥25 mg.
4
Supplementation per kilogram of the product: iodine, 1 mg; selenium, 0.2 mg; iron, 20 mg.
5
Analysed values.