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. 2024 Oct 31;103(12):104476. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2024.104476

Table 1.

Ingredients and nutrient compositions of experimental diets (air dry basis).

Ingredient, % Diet treatment
A 16.00 % CP B 14.50 % CP C 13.00 % CP D 16.00 % CP+EDP E 14.50 % CP+EP F 13.00 % CP+EDP
Corn
Soybean (43 % protein) 24.29 19.69 15.61 21.73 18.09 13.82
Husks 4.53 4.79 5.52 3.14 4.35 4.64
Edible Dock Powder (EDP) 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.50 2.50 2.50
Sprouting corn bran 0.00 0.98 0.72 2.50 0.79 1.23
Limestone 0.00 0.06 0.32 0.29 0.44 0.99
Dicalcium Phosphate 1.05 1.05 1.07 0.95 1.00 1.02
Premix2 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00
Soybean oil 3.00 2.83 2.81 2.54 2.41 2.47
Salt 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10
Nutritional leve11
Apparent Metabolizable Energy, MJ/kg 11.80 11.78 12.15 11.92 12.10 12.11
Crude Protein, % 16.03 14.61 13.23 15.72 14.53 13.32
Crude Fibre, % 4.00 4.02 4.10 4.07 4.19 4.17
Ether Extract, % 5.55 5.49 5.53 5.11 5.05 5.17
Lysine, % 0.92 0.79 0.68 0.88 0.77 0.66
Methionine + Cystine, % 0.63 0.58 0.52 0.61 0.56 0.51
Arginine, % 1.09 0.95 0.82 1.02 0.92 0.78
Tryptophan, % 0.20 0.18 0.15 0.20 0.18 0.16
Threonine, % 0.71 0.65 0.57 0.73 0.64 0.57
Valine, % 0.65 0.56 0.47 0.63 0.55 0.46
Calcium, % 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Non-phytate Phosphorus, % 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40
1

The apparent metabolizable energy (AME) and crude protein (CP) values are measured. Other nutrient composition values are calculated based on standard estimation method

2

The premix provides per kilogram of feed: Vitamin A 8,500 IU, Vitamin B1 2.2 mg, Vitamin B2 4 mg, Pantothenic acid 10 mg, Vitamin B6 3 mg, Vitamin B12 20 mg, Vitamin D3 1,600 IU, Vitamin E 20 IU, Vitamin K3 2 mg, Biotin 0.1 mg, Folic acid 0.4 mg, Niacin 60 mg, Choline 1,400 mg, Copper 6 mg, Iron 80 mg, Manganese 100 mg, Zinc 80 mg, Iodine 0.42 mg, Selenium 0.3 mg, Calcium 3 g, Phosphorus 0.99 g.