Table 1.
Ingredient and chemical composition of basal diet
| Items | Contents |
|---|---|
| Ingredient [g/kg diet] | |
| Extruded corn | 312 |
| Soybean meal | 60 |
| Corn gluten meal | 80 |
| Fish meal | 180 |
| Meat and bone meal | 180 |
| Cheese meal | 30 |
| Soybean oil | 120 |
| Feather meal | 10 |
| Blood meal | 10 |
| Premixa | 10 |
| Lysine | 3 |
| Methionine | 3 |
| NaCl | 2 |
| Total | 1000 |
| Chemical composition [g/kg] | |
| Dry matter [g/kg] | 976.0 |
| Crude protein [g/kg DM] | 330.5 |
| Crude fat [g/kg DM] | 167.2 |
| Crude carbohydrate [g/kg DM] | 424.1 |
| Ash [g/kg DM] | 60.2 |
| Contents of mineral elementsa | |
| Calcium [g/kg] | 32.2 |
| Phosphorus [g/kg] | 22.0 |
| Copper [mg/kg] | 7.6 |
| Zinc [mg/kg] | 43.6 |
| Iron [mg/kg] | 203.4 |
| Contents of amino acida [mg/kg] | |
| Lysine [g/kg] | 16.9 |
| Methionine [g/kg] | 9.3 |
| Cysteine [g/kg] | 3.6 |
| Metabolizable energyb [MJ/kg DM] | 20.3 |
| % from protein | 30.6 |
| % from fat | 32.7 |
| % from carbohydrates | 36.7 |
aContained the following per kg of premix:vitamin A, 1 000 000 IU; vitamin D3, 200 000 IU; vitamin E, 6 000 IU; vitamin B1,600 mg;vitamin B2, 800 mg; vitamin B6, 300 mg;vitamin B12 10 mg; vitamin K3,100 mg; vitamin C, 40 000 mg;niacin acid, 4 000 mg;pantothenic acid, 1 200 mg;biotin, 20 mg;folic acid, 80 mg;choline, 30 000 mg; Fe, 8 200 mg; Mn, 1 200 mg; Zn, 5 200 mg; I, 50 mg; Se, 20 mg; Co, 50 mg.
bMetabolizable energy was calculated according to Hansen et al. [11].