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. 2017 Mar 25;30(10):1464–1470. doi: 10.5713/ajas.16.0777

Table 1.

Ingredient and chemical compositions of the experimental diets (as fed basis)

Items 0 to 30 days1) 30 to 60 days
Control group FBR5 FBR10 FBR15 Control group FBR5 FBR10 FBR15
Ingredient (%)
 Corn 65.35 62.20 59.02 55.9 70.05 66.93 63.77 60.59
 Soybean meal2) 24.2 22.35 20.53 18.7 18.65 16.82 14.98 13.16
 Wheat bran 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00
 Fermented biogas residue3) 0 5.00 10.00 15.00 0 5.00 10.00 15.00
 Calcium hydrogen phosphate 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.40 0.35 0.35 0.35
 Limestone 1 1 1 1 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
 Soybean oil 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
 Premix4) 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
 Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Nutrients5)
 DE (MJ/kg) 14.57 14.57 14.57 14.57 14.57 14.57 14.57 14.57
 CP 17.01 17.01 17.02 17.02 15.12 15.14 15.14 15.15
 Ca 0.59 0.60 0.61 0.62 0.52 0.52 0.53 0.54
 Total P 0.47 0.47 0.47 0.47 0.44 0.43 0.43 0.43
 Lys 0.83 0.81 0.80 0.79 0.69 0.68 0.67 0.66
 Met 0.27 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.24 0.24 0.24 0.24
 Met+Cys 0.56 0.57 0.57 0.58 0.52 0.52 0.53 0.53
 Trp 0.19 0.20 0.21 0.22 0.16 0.17 0.18 0.19
 Thr 0.62 0.61 0.61 0.60 0.54 0.54 0.53 0.53

FBR, fermented biogas residue; DE, digestible energy; CP, crude protein.

1)

FBR5, the diet contained 5% FBR; FBR10, the diet contained 10% FBR; FBR15, the diet contained 15% FBR.

2)

The soybean meal contained 89.00% dry materials, 44.2% CP, 1.90% crude fat, 5.90% crude fiber, 6.10% crude ash, 0.33% calcium, and 0.62% total phosphorous.

3)

The fermented biogas residue contained 92.01% dry materials, 21.87% crude protein, 6.35% crude fat, 7.57% crude fiber, 5.37% crude ash, 0.24% calcium, and 0.48% total phosphorous.

4)

The premix was bought from Anhui Guangtong Biotechnology Co. Ltd, China, contained the following per kg of diets: vitamin A 4,000 IU, vitamin D3 2,000 IU, vitamin E 11.2 mg, vitamin K3 1.2 mg, vitamin B2 2.8 mg, vitamin B6 1.6 mg, D-pantothenic acid 8 mg, choline 0.32 g, nicotinic acid 14 mg, Cu (as copper sulfate) 0.1 g, Mn (as manganese sulfate) 0.032 g, Fe (as ferrous sulfate) 0.12 g, Zn (as zinc sulfate) 0.12 g, I (as potassium) 0.28 g, Se (as sodium selenite) 0.28 g.

5)

Nutrients were calculated concentration based on tables of feed composition and nutritive values in China. Chinese Feed Database.