Table 1.

Ingredient composition and analyzed nutrient concentration of experimental diets, g/kg as-fed basis¹

	0 g/kg oat bran			100 g/kg oat bran
	DIM, g/kg
Item	2.5	5.0	7.5	2.5	5.0	7.5
Ingredient
Ground corn	620.0	595.0	570.0	620.0	595.0	570.0
Soybean meal, 48% CP	203.5	203.5	203.5	203.5	203.5	203.5
Oat bran	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Cornstarch	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Titanium dioxide premix2	12.5	25.0	37.5	12.5	25.0	37.5
Chromic oxide premix3	12.5	25.0	37.5	12.5	25.0	37.5
Soybean oil	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.0
Limestone	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.0
Monocalcium phosphate	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.0
Salt	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
Vitamin premix4	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
Mineral premix5	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Selenium premix6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Magnesium oxide	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Total	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000
Analyzed nutrients
DM	89.1	88.5	88.6	88.5	88.9	88.7
GE (kcal/g)	3.86	3.95	3.83	3.91	3.91	3.83
N	2.46	2.47	2.42	2.75	2.66	2.63
Cr	1.64	3.09	4.65	1.66	3.18	4.70
Ti	1.49	2.99	4.41	1.52	3.04	4.48

¹DIM = digestibility index marker.

²A 0.5 g titanium dioxide was added to 2.0 g corn.

³A 0.5 g chromic oxide was added to 2.0 g corn.

⁴Vitamin premix provided the following quantities per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 3,960 IU; vitamin D₃, 396 IU; vitamin E, 26.4 IU; menadione, 1.30 mg; riboflavin, 5.30 mg; d-pantothenic acid, 13.2 mg; niacin, 19.8 mg; and vitamin B₁₂, 0.02 mg.

⁵Mineral premix provided the following quantities per kilogram of diet: Cu (as copper chloride), 9 mg; I (as calcium iodate), 0.36 mg; Fe (as ferrous carbonate), 194 mg; Mn (as manganese oxide), 17 mg; and Zn (as zinc oxide), 149 mg.

⁶Supplied 0.3 mg Se/kg of diet.