Table 1.
Ingredients (%) and chemical composition (% DM basis) of different rations
| Parameter | Treatments | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0GC | 0.75GC | 1.5GC | 2.25GC | |||||
| Starter | Finisher | Starter | Finisher | Starter | Finisher | Starter | Finisher | |
| Ingredient composition (%) | ||||||||
| Corn grain | 37.3 | 49.0 | 37.5 | 49.0 | 37.0 | 48.0 | 36.0 | 48.0 |
| Wheat middling | 16.0 | 12.0 | 15.0 | 11.5 | 14.6 | 12.0 | 16.0 | 11.0 |
| Noug seed meal | 19.0 | 16.2 | 19.0 | 16.0 | 19.0 | 15.7 | 19.0 | 16.0 |
| Soybean meal | 25.0 | 20.0 | 25.0 | 20.0 | 25.0 | 20.0 | 24.0 | 20.0 |
| Garden cress | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 2.25 | 2.25 |
| Premixaa | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 |
| Salt | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 |
| Limestone | 1.30 | 1.40 | 1.30 | 1.40 | 1.30 | 1.40 | 1.30 | 1.40 |
| dl-meth. | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 |
| l-Lysine HCL | 0.20 | 0.15 | 0.20 | 0.15 | 0.20 | 0.15 | 0.20 | 0.15 |
| Chemical composition (% DM basis) | ||||||||
| Dry matter | 93.0 | 92.8 | 93.0 | 92.8 | 93.1 | 92.9 | 93.0 | 92.9 |
| Crude protein | 23.1 | 20.2 | 23.1 | 20.2 | 23.2 | 20.2 | 23.0 | 20.3 |
| Ether extract | 4.62 | 4.51 | 4.78 | 4.67 | 4.94 | 4.82 | 5.10 | 5.00 |
| Crude fibre | 6.91 | 6.52 | 7.09 | 6.52 | 7.13 | 6.56 | 7.11 | 6.61 |
| ME (kcal/kg DM) | 3123 | 3203 | 3130 | 3212 | 3135 | 3218 | 3138 | 3221 |
| Calcium | 0.94 | 0.96 | 0.95 | 0.96 | 0.95 | 0.96 | 0.95 | 0.97 |
| Phosphorus | 0.51 | 0.51 | 0.53 | 0.51 | 0.52 | 0.53 | 0.54 | 0.53 |
DM dry matter, ME metabolizable energy, GC garden cress, 0GC ration containing 0 % GC; 0.75GC 0.75 % GC; 1.5GC 1.5 % GC, 2.25GC 2.25 % GC
aPremix = 25 kg contains: Vitamins: Vit. A (E672), 75,000,000 IU; Vit. D3 (E671), 25,000,000 IU; Vit. E (all-rac-alpha tocopherylacetate) (3a700), 20,000 mg; Vit. K3, 2000 mg; Vit. B1, 1500 mg; Vit. B2 (riboflavin), 5000 mg; Vit. B3 (calcium-D-pantothenate), 9001 mg; Vit. B6 (3a831), 5000 mg; Vit. B12 (cyanocobalamin), 25,000 mcg; Vit. pp (nicotinic acid), 30,003 mg; Folic Acid, 1000 mg; Biotin, 100,000 mcg, Choline, 648,750 mg; Minerals: Iron, 45,000 mg; Copper (Cu, E4), 15,000 mg; Manganese (Mn,E5), 75,001 mg; Zinc oxide-Zinc (Zn,E6), 70,001 mg; Iodine (I,E2), 2000 mg; Selenium (Se, E8), 400,050 mcg; Calcium, 1,231,662 mg; Magnesium, 12,687 mg; Sodium, 952 mg; Chloride, 185,313 mg; BHT, 500 mg