Table 1.
Nutritional information of the diets consumed before and after the present experiments
| At our facility |
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| Standard chow | FBZ chow | Diet at commercial animal facility | ||
| Digestible/metabolizable energy (MJ/kg) | 3.4/3.3 | 3.4/3.3 | 3.4/3.2 | |
| Crude protein | 18.9% | 18.8% | 18.0% | |
| Crude oil | 6.0% | 6.0% | 5.0% | |
| Carbohydrate | 57.33% | 57.26% | * | |
| Sugar | 4.93% | 4.91% | 2.9%* | |
| Starch | 41.24% | 41.19% | 33.9% | |
| Vitamin A | 15.4 IU/g | 30.7 IU/g | 44 IU/g | |
| Vitamin E | 101 mg/kg | 126 mg/kg | 80 IU/kg | |
| Vitamin K (menadione) | 51 mg/kg | 102 mg/kg | 3.4 mg/kg | |
| Vitamin B1 | 16.5 mg/kg | 117.60 mg/kg | 92 mg/kg | |
| Vitamin B2 | 14.9 mg/kg | 27.2 mg/kg | 8.0 mg/kg | |
| Niacin | 41.2 mg/kg | 87.3mg/kg | 60 mg/kg | |
| Vitamin B6 | 18.5 mg/kg | 26.8 mg/kg | 12 mg/kg | |
| Pantothenic acid | 33 mg/kg | 141.6 mg/kg | 24 mg/kg | |
| Biotin | 0.3 mg/kg | 0.82 mg/kg | 0.28 mg/kg | |
| Folate | 3.34 mg/kg | 8.41 mg/kg | 4.2 mg/kg | |
| Vitamin D3 | 1.5 IU/g | 2.05 IU/g | 1.5 IU/g | |
| Vitamin B12 | 0.08 mg/kg | 0.15 mg/kg | 0.019 mg/kg | |
| Date of report | June 2005 | December 2006 | April 2005 | |
Values that differ between the 2 diets used at our institution and selected similarities are shown. Asterisks indicate values that were calculated or omitted because comparable data were not available from the various vendors.