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. 2018 Apr 20;96(5):1877–1888. doi: 10.1093/jas/sky098

Table 2.

Composition and nutrient content of experimental diets

Item Dietary treatment1
Basal FFRB DFRB CGF CGM
Ingredients, %
 Corn 71.67 49.58 49.58 49.58 49.58
 Soybean meal 24.95 17.26 17.26 17.26 17.26
 FFRB 30.00
 DFRB 30.00
 CGF 30.00
 CGM 30.00
 Dicalcium phosphate 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90
 Limestone 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90
 Salt 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35
 Vitamin and mineral premix2 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50
 Lys-HCl 0.50 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35
 Met 0.07 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05
 Thr 0.16 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.11
Calculated composition, as-fed basis
 ME, kcal/kg 3,279 3,167 2,890 3,042 3,117
 CP, % 15.7 15.1 15.3 17.6 18.0
Analyzed composition3, DM basis
 GE, kcal/kg DM 4,448 4,661 4,383 4,474 4,424
 CP, % 20.0 18.3 18.8 20.8 22.1
 Ether extract, % 3.3 7.5 2.8 3.4 2.7
 Starch, % 53.9 46.4 45.2 39.7 41.9
 TDF, % 14.1 18.6 21.7 24.5 21.2
 SDF, % 2.1 2.9 1.9 2.4 2.1
 IDF, % 12.0 15.7 19.8 22.1 19.1
 SDF/TDF, % 14.8 15.7 8.6 10.0 10.0
 NDF, % 12.9 20.1 22.2 21.3 22.1
 ADF, % 4.13 5.55 10.66 6.49 6.23
 Ash, % 5.03 6.76 7.68 6.43 6.41
 Ca, % 0.65 0.68 0.65 0.76 0.63
 Total P, % 0.52 0.87 0.75 0.70 0.76

1Basal = corn–soybean meal basal diet; FFRB = full-fat rice bran diet; DFRB = defatted rice bran diet; CGF = corn gluten feed diet; CGM = corn germ meal diet.

2Premix provided the following per kilogram of complete diet: vitamin A as retinyl acetate, 5,512 IU; vitamin D3 as cholecalciferol, 2,200 IU; vitamin E as DL-alpha-tocopheryl acetate, 30 IU; vitamin K3 as menadione nicotinamide bisulfite, 2.2 mg; vitamin B12, 27.6 µg; riboflavin, 4 mg; pantothenic acid as DL-calcium pantothenate, 14 mg; niacin, 30 mg; choline chloride, 400 mg; folacin, 0.7 mg; thiamin as thiamine mononitrate, 1.5 mg; pyridoxine as pyridoxine hydrochloride, 3 mg; biotin, 44 µg; Mn as MnO, 40 mg; Fe as FeSO4·H2O, 75 mg; Zn as ZnO, 75 mg; Cu as CuSO4·5H2O, 25 mg; I as KI, 0.3 mg; Se as Na2SeO3, 0.3 mg.

3TDF = total dietary fiber; SDF = soluble dietary fiber; IDF = insoluble dietary fiber.