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. 2012 Sep;78(18):6656–6664. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01536-12

Table 1.

Experimental diet compositions

Component Amt (g/kg)
BD Resistant starch diet
5% (RS 5) 2.5% (RS 2.5) 1.25% (RS 1.25)
Lactic casein 120 120 120 120
Vitamin mixa 50 50 50 50
Mineral mixb 50 50 50 50
Corn oil 65 65 65 65
Corn starch 650 600 625 612.5
Sucrose 40 40 40 40
Cellulose 25 25 25 25
RSc 50 25 12.5
a

Vitamin mixture containing the following components (mg/kg diet): retinol acetate, 5.0; dl-α-tocopheryl acetate, 100.0; menadione, 3.0; thiamine hydrochloride, 5.0; riboflavin, 7.0; pyridoxine hydrochloride, 8.0; d-pantothenic acid, 20.0; folic acid, 2.0; nicotinic acid, 20.0; d-biotin, 1.0; myoinositol, 200.0; choline chloride, 1,500.0; ergocalciferol, 25.0 μg/kg diet; cyanocobalamin, 50.0 μg/kg diet.

b

Mineral mixture contains the following components: Ca, 6.29 g/kg diet; Cl, 7.79 g/kg diet; Mg, 1.06 g/kg diet; P, 4.86 g/kg diet; K, 5.24 g/kg diet; Na, 1.97 g/kg diet; Cr, 1.97 mg/kg diet; Cu, 10.7 mg/kg diet; Fe, 424.0 mg/kg diet; Mn, 78.0 mg/kg diet; Zn, 48.2 mg/kg diet; Co, 29.0 μg/kg diet; I, 151.0 μg/kg diet; Mo, 152.0 μg/kg diet; Se, 151.0 μg/kg diet.

c

Hi-maize 1043; National Starch and Chemical Company, Bridgewater, NJ.