Table 2.
Dietary ingredients and nutrients composition fed to turkey hens in experiment 2.
| Ingredients | Starter |
Grower 1 |
Grower 2 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6% DDGS | 18% DDGS | 6% DDGS | 18% DDGS | 6% DDGS | 18% DDGS | |
| (% of Diet) | ||||||
| Soybean meal | 42.65 | 44.37 | 35.59 | 31.07 | 31.99 | 26.65 |
| Corn | 39.25 | 28.74 | 46.43 | 38.83 | 50.44 | 43.74 |
| DDGS | 6.00 | 18.00 | 6.00 | 18.00 | 6.00 | 18.00 |
| Poultry meal (60% CP) | 5.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| Poultry fat | 1.53 | 2.85 | 2.17 | 2.40 | 2.32 | 2.45 |
| Dical P 18.5 | 2.39 | 2.60 | 1.92 | 1.64 | 1.51 | 1.25 |
| Limestone | 1.23 | 1.48 | 1.28 | 1.46 | 1.24 | 1.42 |
| Alimet | 0.55 | 0.53 | 0.41 | 0.37 | 0.38 | 0.35 |
| l-Lysine HCl | 0.35 | 0.39 | 0.29 | 0.37 | 0.22 | 0.33 |
| Micro salt | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.30 | 0.26 | 0.27 | 0.24 |
| Trace mineral premixa | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 |
| Choline chloride 60% | 0.19 | 0.16 | 0.19 | 0.14 | 0.18 | 0.14 |
| Vitamin premixb | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 |
| l-Threonine | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Sodium selenite premixc | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Feed supplement/fillerd | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Phytase | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Chemical analysis | ||||||
| Dry matter* (%) | 88.3 | 89.97 | 90.35 | 90.5 | 90.3 | 89.38 |
| ME poultry (kcal/kg) | 2900 | 2900 | 3000 | 3000 | 3050 | 3050 |
| Crude protein* (%) | 29.6 | 29.1 | 26.01 | 26.49 | 24.4 | 23.5 |
| Crude fat* (%) | 5.91 | 6.18 | 6.63 | 7.25 | 6.13 | 7.7 |
| Crude fiber (%) | 2.68 | 3.33 | 2.55 | 3.04 | 2.49 | 2.97 |
| Arabinoxylan (%) | 1.80 | 2.75 | 2.02 | 3.04 | 2.12 | 3.18 |
| Calcium* (%) | 1.16 | 0.8 | 1.18 | 1.33 | 1.13 | 1.16 |
| Total phosphorus* (%) | 0.79 | 10.98 | 0.74 | 0.74 | 0.76 | 0.72 |
| Avail. phosphorus poultry | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.62 | 0.62 |
| Lysine (%) | 1.889 | 1.894 | 1.648 | 1.669 | 1.4917 | 1.5119 |
aEach kilogram of mineral premix (0.1% inclusion) supplied the following per kg of complete feed: 60 mg Zn as ZnSO⋅HO; 60 mg Mn as MnSO⋅HO; 40 mg Fe as FeSO⋅HO; 5 mg Cu as CuSO; 1.25 mg I as Ca(IO); and 1 mg Co as CoSO.
bEach kilogram of vitamin premix (0.1% inclusion) supplied the following per kg of complete feed: vitamin A, 13,200 IU; cholecalciferol, 4000 IU; alpha-tocopherol, 66 IU; niacin, 110 mg; pantothenic acid, 22 mg; riboflavin, 13.2 mg; pyridoxine, 8 mg; menadione, 4 mg; folic acid, 2.2 mg; thiamin, 4 mg; biotin, 0.253 mg; vitamin B, 0.04 mg; ethoxyquin, 100 mg.
cNaSeO premix provided 0.3 mg Se/kg of complete feed.
dFeed supplements include XAP, XAP DFM, and supplemental fat. Approximately 2% supplemental fat was added to create ME difference of 150 kcal/kg. Filler was added in diets that had no feed supplement.
*As determined by chemical analysis.