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. 2017 May 1;8:44. doi: 10.1186/s40104-017-0169-1

Table 2.

Ingredients and chemical composition of the Exp.1 dietsa

Diet Corn SBM EP-RSM SE-RSM
Ingredients, %
 Corn 97.03 77.13 61.31 61.31
 Soybean meal - 20.00 15.90 15.90
 EP-RSM - - 20.00 0.00
 SE-RSM - - - 20.00
 Dicalcium phosphate 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90
 Limestone 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75
 Salt 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35
 Vitamins and minerals premixb 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50
 Lys-HCl 0.26 0.21 0.16 0.16
 DL-Met 0.14 0.11 0.09 0.09
 L-Thr 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.02
 L-Trp 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.03
DM, % 86.69 86.93 87.95 87.27
Analyzed composition, DM basis
 CP, % 9.3 17.2 21.4 22.5
 EE, % 2.9 2.8 4.0 2.3
 NDF, % 12.8 16.7 21.8 18.7
 ADF, % 3.0 4.6 7.9 7.3
 Ash, % 3.4 4.4 5.2 5.3
 GE, MJ/kg 18.12 18.23 18.73 18.36
Calculated composition
 SID Lys 0.38 0.80 0.99 0.98
 SID Thr/SID Lys 0.70 0.65 0.65 0.67
 SID Trp/SID Lys 0.22 0.20 0.21 0.22
 SID Val/SID Lys 0.78 0.72 0.74 0.76
 SID Leu/SID Lys 2.21 1.55 1.41 1.43
 SID Ile/SID Lys 0.50 0.60 0.61 0.61
 SID His/SID Lys 0.45 0.44 0.47 0.47
 SID Met + Cys/SID lys 0.98 0.59 0.63 0.64
 SID Phe + Tyr/SID Lys 1.34 1.29 1.20 1.17

a All samples were analyzed in duplicate, SBM, soybean meal; EP-RSM, expelled press rapeseed meal; SE-RSM, solvent extracted rapeseed meal

bVitamin-mineral premix supplied the following per kg of diet: vitamin A, 5,512 IU; vitamin D3, 2,200 IU; vitamin E, 30 IU; vitamin K3, 2.2 mg; vitamin B12, 27.6 μg; riboflavin, 4 mg; pantothenic acid, 14 mg; niacin, 30 mg; choline chloride, 400 mg; folic acid, 0.7 mg; thiamine, 1.5 mg; pyridoxine, 3 mg; biotin, 44 μg; Mn (MnO), 40 mg; Fe (FeSO4 · H2O), 75 mg; Zn (ZnO), 75 mg; Cu (CuSO4 · 5H2O), 100 mg; I (KI), 0.3 mg; Se (Na2SeO3), 0.3 mg