Table 1.
Ingredient and calculated nutrient composition of basal diet (as-fed basis).
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Ingredient, % | |
| Barley | 17.00 |
| Hard red winter wheat | 27.00 |
| Soybean meal | 24.16 |
| Fish meal | 5.00 |
| Dried whey | 19.00 |
| Vegetable oil | 5.00 |
| Limestone | 0.50 |
| CaHPO4 | 0.40 |
| Iodized salt | 0.50 |
| Vitamin-mineral premix1 | 1.00 |
| Lysine-HCl | 0.30 |
| dl-methionine | 0.07 |
| l-threonine | 0.07 |
| SDWE12 | 0.1 |
| SDWE23 | 0.4 |
| Calculated nutrient, % | |
| Metabolizable energy, kcal/kg | 3,375 |
| Crude protein | 22.46 |
| Lysine | 1.46 |
| Methionine | 0.40 |
| Methionine + Cysteine | 0.70 |
| Threonine | 0.82 |
| Tryptophan | 0.25 |
| Calcium | 0.89 |
| Available phosphorus | 0.45 |
1
Vitamin-mineral premix per kg of diet: vitamin A 8,250 IU, vitamin D3 835 IU, vitamin E 40 IU, vitamin K3 4 mg, vitamin B12 0.025 mg, vitamin B1 2 mg, vitamin B2 12 mg, nicotinic acid 22.5 mg, folic acid 2 mg, pyridoxine 4.5 mg, biotin 0.2 mg, pantothenate 15 mg, choline 500 mg, Mn 50 mg, Fe 100 mg, I 0.4 mg, Cu 25 mg, Zn 150 mg, Se 0.3 mg.
2
SDWE1 = basal diet plus 1 kg spay-dried whole egg containing anti-F4 antibodies (SDWE) and 3 kg control egg powder/t feed.
3
SDWE2 = basal diet plus 4 kg SDWE/t feed.