Table 8.
Dietary composition and calculated nutrients.
| Ingredients (%) | Starter (d0–14) |
Grower (d14–28) |
Finisher (d28–37) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corn | 45.00 | 45.00 | 45.00 |
| Soybean meal | 33.55 | 29.55 | 24.81 |
| Wheat | 9.71 | 12.50 | 16.55 |
| Barley | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| Soybean oil | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.34 |
| Animal fat | 3.23 | 4.36 | 4.79 |
| Salt | 0.36 | 0.23 | 0.11 |
| Limestone | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.82 |
| Monocalcium Phosphate | 1.13 | 1.15 | 1.19 |
| Sodium Bicarbonate | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.37 |
| Lysine HCl | 0.26 | 0.24 | 0.21 |
| DL-Methionine | 0.31 | 0.26 | 0.20 |
| Threonine | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
| Tryptophane | 0.002 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Valine | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Choline chloride | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
| Vitamin and mineral premix | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
| Nutrients | |||
| AMEn, kcal/kg | 2.900 | 3.000 | 3.075 |
| DM, g/kg | 880 | 881 | 882 |
| Ash, g/kg | 52.51 | 49.94 | 47.37 |
| Crude protein, g/kg | 218 | 201 | 182 |
| Crude fat, g/kg | 57.90 | 69.99 | 77.01 |
| Crude fiber, g/kg | 22.81 | 22.11 | 21.44 |
| Starch, g/kg | 368 | 385 | 408 |
| Sugar, g/kg | 31.18 | 29.33 | 27.34 |
| Ca, g/kg | 6.00 | 5.95 | 5.95 |
| P, g/kg | 6.12 | 6.01 | 5.93 |
| Mg, g/kg | 1.64 | 1.56 | 1.47 |
| K, g/kg | 9.51 | 8.74 | 7.87 |
| Na, g/kg | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 |
| Cl, g/kg | 3.26 | 2.46 | 1.66 |
| dEB, meq | 217 | 220 | 220 |
AMEn: Nitrogen-corrected apparent metabolizable energy; Ca: Calcium; Cl: Chlorine; dEB: Dietary electrolyte balance; DM: Dry matter; K: Potassium; Mg: Magnesium; Na: Sodium; P: Phosphorus.