Table 1.
Diet composition.
| Ingredients (%) | RO+50Se | RO+84Se | LO+50Se | LO+84Se |
| Wheat | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 |
| Soybean meal | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Fish meal | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Rapeseed oil | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Linseed oil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rendered fat | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Soybean oil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mono calcium phosphate | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ground limestone | 1,85 | 1,85 | 1,85 | 1,85 |
| Sodim chloride | 0,25 | 0,25 | 0,25 | 0,25 |
| DL-Methionine | 0,4 | 0,4 | 0,4 | 0,4 |
| L-Lysine | 0,3 | 0,3 | 0,3 | 0,3 |
| L-Threonine | 0,1 | 0,1 | 0,1 | 0,1 |
| Choline chloride | 0,13 | 0,13 | 0,13 | 0,13 |
| Manganoxid | 0,00657 | 0,00657 | 0,00657 | 0,00657 |
| Mikromin FKRA 30 * | 0,15 | 0,15 | 0,15 | 0,15 |
| Vitamin mixture** | 0,08 | 0,08 | 0,08 | 0,08 |
| Se-methionine rich yeast*** | 0,02 | 0,04 | 0,02 | 0,04 |
*Supplied (mg/kg of diet): Ca 315, Fe 75, Mn 60, Zn 105, Cu 15, I 0,75,
**Vitamin mixture provided the following per kg diets: retinyl acetate, 3.1 mg; cholecalciferol, 0.07 mg; DL-alpha-tocopheryl acetate, 38 mg; menadione, 2.25 mg; pyridoxine, 3.4 mg, riboflavin,9 mg; Ca-pantothenate, 12.5 mg; biotin, 0.19 mg, thiamine, 1.9 mg; niacin, 37.5 mg; cobalamin, 0.02 mg; folic acid 1.5 mg.
*** Organic selenium Yeast (BioLogics, Ultra Bio-Logics Inc. New O.S.Y. 2000X)
Rapeseed oil: Askim fruktpresse, Norway; 60% oleic acid, 20% linoleic acid and 10% alphalinolenic acid.
Linseed oil: Fedon Lindberg linseed oil, Norway; 26% oleic acid, 21% linoleic acid and 45% alphalinolenic acid.
Rendered animal fat (from ruminants (about 70%) and pigs (about 30%). Fatty acid composition: 26% palmitic acid, 18% stearic acid, 36% oleic acid, 8% linoleic acid. ForTek, Ås, Norway.