Table 1.
Ingredients and chemical composition of starter
| Items | Treatments1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| ||||
| 0MO | 5MO | 10MO | 5GS | |
| Ingredients (% DM) | ||||
| Corn | 65 | 60 | 55 | 60 |
| Soybean meal | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 |
| Sugarcane molasses | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| Glucose syrup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Soybean hulls | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
| Mineral/vitamin premix2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Chemical composition | ||||
| Dry matter (% fed basis) | 88.0 | 87.4 | 87.8 | 87.9 |
| Ash (% DM) | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.1 |
| Crude protein (% DM) | 19.6 | 19.9 | 19.3 | 19.5 |
| Ether extract (% DM) | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| NDF (% DM) | 16.4 | 18.8 | 18.7 | 16.9 |
| ADF (% DM) | 9.4 | 10.8 | 11.5 | 10.3 |
| N-NDF (% total N) | 12.2 | 8.6 | 10.1 | 7.9 |
| N-ADF (% total N) | 5.6 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 3.6 |
| Lignin (% DM) | 0.75 | 0.72 | 0.94 | 0.82 |
| NFC (% DM) | 55.7 | 52.5 | 53.9 | 55.6 |
| ME (Mcal/kg DM)3 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 2.98 | 3.00 |
| Net energy for gain (Mcal/kg DM)3 | 1.93 | 1.92 | 1.91 | 1.92 |
DM, dry matter; NDF, neutral detergent fiber; ADF, acid detergent fiber; N-NDF, nitrogen in NDF; N-ADF, nitrogen in ADF; NFC, non-fibrous carbohydrate; ME, metabolizable energy.
1
0MO, no molasses; 5MO, 5% molasses; 10MO, 10% molasses; 5GS, 5% glucose syrup.
2
Mineral/vitamin premix composition: Ca 16.8%; P 4.2%; S 2.3%; Na 11.6%; Cl 8.0%; Mg 2.4; Co 38.2 ppm; Cu 343 ppm; I 30.2 ppm; Fe 578.2 ppm; Mn 1,146.4 ppm; Se 15.5 ppm; Zn 1,176.2 ppm; Vit. A 68,760 UI/kg; Vit. E 764 UI/kg; Vit. D 57,300 IU/kg.
3
Value estimated by NRC (2001).