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. 2014 Feb 13;5(1):11. doi: 10.1186/2049-1891-5-11

Table 2.

Composition of the experimental diets (as-fed basis) fed to growing pigs for comparison of the energy digestibility between different corn samples

Ingredient %
Corn
96.8
Antioxidant1
0.1
Dicalcium phosphate
1.7
Limestone
0.6
Salt
0.3
Vitamin and trace mineral premix2 0.5

1Santoquin MAX composite antioxidant, contained no less than 10% Ethoxyquin, no less than 3% Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT) and Citric acid, provided by Novus International, Inc.

2Premix provided the following per kg of complete diet for growing pigs: vitamin A, 5,512 IU; vitamin D3, 2,200 IU; vitamin E, 30 IU; vitamin K3, 2.2 mg; vitamin B12, 27.6 μg; riboflavin, 4 mg; pantothenic acid, 14 mg; niacin, 30 mg; choline chloride, 400 mg; folacin, 0.7 mg; thiamine 1.5 mg; pyridoxine 3 mg; biotin, 44 μg; Mn, 40 mg (MnO); Fe, 75 mg (FeSO4 · H2O); Zn, 75 mg (ZnO); Cu, 100 mg (CuSO4 · 5H2O); I, 0.3 mg (KI); Se, 0.3 mg (Na2SeO3).