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. 2015 Nov 18;1(4):313–319. doi: 10.1016/j.aninu.2015.11.005

Table 1.

Ingredients and nutrient composition of experimental diets (DM basis).

Item Group
1.37TM 1.77TM 2.17TM 2.57TM
Ingredients, %
Wheat 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00
Corn starch 38.51 39.41 40.22 41.04
Extruded soybean 25.09 23.18 21.44 19.70
Cottonseed meal 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00
Canola meal 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00
Rapeseed meal 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00
Rice bran 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00
Fish meal 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00
Salt 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30
CaHPO4 1.51 1.55 1.58 1.61
Limestone 1.16 1.15 1.14 1.14
L-Lys 0.34 0.40 0.45 0.50
DL-Met 0.25 0.26 0.27 0.28
L-Thr 0.13 0.15 0.18 0.21
Cys 0.10 0.11 0.12 0.13
L-Try 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04
Leu 0 0.50 0.95 1.41
Ile 0.26 0.29 0.32 0.35
Val 0.32 0.35 0.38 0.41
Gly 0.04 0.11 0.17 0.23
Tyr 0.01 0.04 0.06 0.09
His 0.01 0.03 0.05 0.07
Phe 0.02 0.06 0.09 0.12
Arg 0.03 0.08 0.12 0.17
Choline chloride 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20
Multi-minerals1 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04
Multi-vitamin1 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10
Zeolite powder 0.57 0.67 0.79 0.86
Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
Nutrient composition2, %
ME, MJ/kg 12.34 12.34 12.34 12.34
CP 20.20 20.68 20.29 20.02
CF 5.83 5.50 5.20 4.90
Lys 1.30 1.54 1.36 1.38
Met 0.50 0.50 0.51 0.73
Thr 0.84 0.84 0.82 0.84
Try 0.23 0.22 0.21 0.22
Arg 1.19 1.21 1.20 1.21
Leu 1.33 1.74 2.15 2.58
Ile 0.94 0.93 0.94 0.99
Val 1.14 1.10 1.14 1.18
Ca 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Available phosphorus 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50

1.37TM = 1.37% leucine in the nutrient composition, etc; CF = crude fat.

1

Multi-minerals and multi-vitamin provided per kilogram of basal diets: VA 2, 500 IU, VD3 400 IU, VE 10 IU, VK3 0.5 mg, VB1 1.8 mg, VB2 4.0 mg, VB6 3.0 mg, VB12 710 μg, pantothenic acid 11 mg, nicotinic acid 55 mg, folic acid 0.5 mg, biotin 0.12 mg, Cu 8 mg, Fe 80 mg, Zn 40 mg, Mn 60 mg, Se 0.15 mg, I 0.35 mg.

2

Values of ME, CF, Ca and available phosphorus were calculated and others were measured.