Table 1.
Composition (g/kg) of the NPC, EW, and experimental diets*.
| Ingredients | Diets | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| NPC | EW | Cry1Ia12 | |
| Maize starch | 475 | 342.55 | 342.55 |
| Glucose | 150 | 150 | 150 |
| Maize oil | 150 | 150 | 150 |
| Vitamin mix** | 50 | 50 | 50 |
| Mineral mix*** | 50 | 50 | 50 |
| Neofibre*** | 125 | 125 | 125 |
| Egg White (75.5%) | — | 132.45 | 132.35 |
| Cry1Ia12 | — | — | 0.1 |
*Cry1Ia12: Cry1Ia12 protein; NPC: nonprotein control; EW: egg-white protein.
**Vitamin mix (g/kg): vitamin B12 (100%), 0.02; folic acid, 0.04; biotin (1%), 4.0; pyridoxine HCl, 0.04; thiamine HCl, 0.06; riboflavin (99%), 0.21; Ca-pantothenate (45%), 1.2; nicotinic acid, 4.0; inositol, 4.0; p-amino-benzoic acid, 12.0; choline chloride (50%), 24.0; maize starch, 950.43.
***Mineral mix (g/kg): calcium citrate, 296.1; calcium carbonate (40%), 65.8; copper carbonate, 1.1; magnesium carbonate, 34.3; zinc carbonate, 0.48; ferric citrate, 9.1; magnesium chloride · 6H2O, 5.82; sodium chloride, 74.0; potassium chloride, 119.5; monobasic calcium phosphate, 108.2; dibasic potassium phosphate, 210.1; sodium fluoride, 0.48; potassium iodate, 0.1; magnesium sulphate, 75.4.
****Neofibre (Nuteral, 80% fibre, Fortaleza, Brazil).