Table 1.
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Positive control | Negative control | Positive control | Negative control | |
Ingredient (%) | ||||
Corn | 63.73 | 63.73 | 70.52 | 70.52 |
Soybean meal | 23.34 | 23.34 | 24.62 | 24.62 |
Corn starch | - | 1.67 | - | 1.67 |
Whey powder | 5.00 | 5.00 | - | - |
Fish meal | 3.00 | 3.00 | - | - |
Ground wheat | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 |
Soybean oil | 1.25 | 0.6 | 1.09 | 0.44 |
Limestone | 0.60 | 0.66 | 0.72 | 0.70 |
Dicalcium phosphate | 1.36 | 0.28 | 1.30 | 0.30 |
Salt | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 |
L-lysine- HCl (78%) | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.29 | 0.29 |
DL-methionine | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
Chromic oxide | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 |
Vitamin and mineral premix1 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
Nutrient levels2 (%) | ||||
DE (MJ/kg) | 14.24 | 14.24 | 14.24 | 14.24 |
CP | 19.58 | 19.59 | 17.29 | 17.34 |
Ca | 0.77 | 0.61 | 0.64 | 0.44 |
Total P | 0.62 | 0.46 | 0.50 | 0.35 |
Non-phytate P | 0.42 | 0.24 | 0.29 | 0.11 |
Lysine | 1.25 | 1.25 | 0.95 | 0.95 |
Vitamin and mineral premix provided the following per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 12,000 IU as vitamin A acetate; vitamin D, 2,500 IU as vitamin D3; vitamin E, 30 IU as DL-α-tocopheryl acetate; 12 μg of vitamin B12; vitamin K, 3 mg as menadione sodium bisulfate; D-pantothenic acid, 15 mg as calcium pantothenate; 40 mg of nicotinic acid; choline, 400 mg choline as choline chloride; Mn, 30 mg as manganese oxide; Zn, 80 mg as zinc oxide; Fe, 90 mg as iron sulfate; Cu, 10 mg as copper sulfate; I, 0.35 mg as ethylenediamine dihydroiodide; and Se, 0.3 mg as sodium selenite.
All values are the results of a chemical analysis conducted in duplicate except digestible energy and lysine.