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. 2024 Jan 5;8:txae002. doi: 10.1093/tas/txae002

Table 4.

Composition of experimental diets in experiment 2 (as-fed basis)1

Ingredient, % Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4
 Corn 42.46 55.59 52.97 43.46
 Soybean meal (46.5% CP) 18.99 19.99 26.75 26.52
 AV-E digest2 17.45 16.05 3.90
 Dried whey 2.25
 Oat groats 5.00
 Cereal blend3 7.95 3.00 1.40
 Corn DDGS4, 7.5% Oil 10.00 25.00
 Beef tallow 2.50 2.00 1.00 1.00
 Monocalcium P (21% P) 0.40 0.38
 Limestone 0.40 0.40 1.15 1.48
 Salt 0.16 0.55 0.63
 L-Lys-HCl 0.45 0.49 0.58 0.56
 DL-Met 0.19 0.22 0.32 0.22
 L-Trp 0.05 0.06 0.05 0.04
 L-Val 0.11 0.14 0.15 0.06
 L-Ile 0.03 0.05 0.06
 L- Thr 0.22 0.26 0.29 0.20
 Tribasic copper chloride 0.04 0.04
 Vitamin premix with phytase 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25
 Trace mineral premix 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15
 Choline chloride 60% 0.03 0.03
 Zinc oxide 0.35 0.35 0.02
 Vitamin E (20,000 IU) 0.05 0.01 0.01
 Zinc5 0.06
 LipoVital GL 906 0.10 0.05
 Blue dye 0.01
 FXP7 0.20 0.10
 AcidoMatrix GH8 0.50 0.50
 N-Hance7 0.25 0.10
 AlphaGal 280P9 0.03 0.01
 Manganese10 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01
 O3 Trial Feed11
Calculated analysis
Standardized ileal digestible (SID) amino acids, %
 Lys 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.34
 Ile:Lys 59 59 60 60
 Leu:Lys 111 113 120 141
 Met and Cys:Lys 57 59 66 65
 Thr:Lys 63 64 64 63
 Trp:Lys 19.3 19.1 19.1 19.2
 Val:Lys 71 72 72 72
 His:Lys 36 36 36 40
Total Lys, % 1.62 1.62 1.58 1.53
NE NRC, kcal/kg 2,255 2,321 2,396 2,412
SID Lys:NE, g/Mcal 6.21 6.04 5.85 5.56
CP, % 23.9 23.5 23.1 24.1
Ca, % 0.87 0.80 0.79 0.80
P, % 0.61 0.58 0.56 0.57
 Standardized total tract digestible (STTD) P, % 0.49 0.47 0.44 0.44
Ca:P 1.42 1.38 1.41 1.41
EFA, % 1.67 1.86 1.84 2.17
Alpha-linolenic acid % 0.11 0.11 0.08 0.08
Linoleic acid % 1.6 1.75 1.75 2.08
Omega-6:3 15.1 16.5 20.8 25.3

1Pigs were fed on a feed budget (kg/pig): phase 1, 2.7; phase 2, 3.6; phase 3, 7.3; and phase 4, 14.5 lb per pig.

2XFE Products, Des Moines, IA.

3Quincy Farm Products, Quincy, IL.

4Dried distillers grains with solubles.

5New Fashion Pork Custom Zinc: 210,000 ppm.

6Berg and Schmidt Functional Lipids, Hamburg, Germany.

7Ani-Tek, Social Circle, GA.

8Novus International, Saint Charles, MO.

9Kindstrom-Schmoll Inc., Eden Prairie, MN.

10New Fashion Pork Custom Manganese—200,000 ppm.

11O3 trial feed was added at 0.75%, 1.5%, and 3% at the expense of corn and soybean meal to form the experimental diets.