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. 2018 Nov 12;96(12):5209–5221. doi: 10.1093/jas/sky378

Table 1.

Composition of experimental diets1

Diet Control DON contaminated
Ingredients, % as-fed
 Corn 75.00
 Corn, DON contaminated 75.00
 Wheat bran 1.54 1.64
 Soybean meal 18.10 18.00
 Molasses 2.00 2.00
 Lysine HCL 0.21 0.21
dl-Methionine 0.08 0.08
l-Threonine 0.06 0.06
l-Tryptophan 0.01 0.01
 Dicalcium phosphate 1.00 1.00
 Calcium carbonate 1.00 1.00
 Salt 0.50 0.50
 Vitamin–mineral premix2 0.50 0.50
Calculated composition3
 Crude protein, % 14.3 14.4
 NE, MJ/kg 10.3 10.3
 SID Lys, g/kg 7.7 7.7
 SID Lys/NE, g/MJ 0.8 0.8
 SID SAA, g/kg 0.6 0.6
 SID Thr, g/kg 0.7 0.7
 SID Trp, g/kg 0.2 0.2
 Ca, g/kg 7.8 6.5
 Dig P, g/kg 2.5 2.1
 Dig P/NE, g/MJ 0.3 0.3
 Ca/P dig 3.1 3.1
Analyzed composition4
 Dry matter, % 87.0 87.0
 Organic matter, % 79.5 77.9
 Crude protein, % 14.2 14.1
 Crude fat, % 3.1 2.3
 Crude fiber, % 1.5 1.7
 NDF, % 6.3 7.5
 ADF, % 1.8 2.0
 ADL, % 0.3 0.2
 Starch, % 50.6 50.7
 GE, MJ/kg 15.8 15.7
 NE, MJ/kg5 10.7 10.7

1Diet fed in pellet form.

2Provided per kilogram of complete diet: vitamin A, 1,000,000 IU; vitamin D, 3, 200,000 IU; vitamin E, 4,000 mg; vitamin B1, 400 mg; vitamin B2, 800 mg; calcium pantothenate, 2,170 mg; niacin, 3,000 mg; vitamin B12, 4 mg; vitamin B6, 200 mg; vitamin K3, 400 mg; folic acid, 200 mg; biotin, 40 mg; choline chloride, 100,000 mg; iron (sulfate), 11,200 mg; iron (carbonate), 4,800 mg; copper (sulfate), 2,000 mg; zinc (oxide), 20,000 mg; manganese (oxide), 8,000 mg; iodine (iodate), 40 mg; cobalt (carbonate), 20 mg; and selenium (selenite), 30 mg.

3As-fed basis. SID = standardized ileal digestible.

4As-fed basis. Values are calculated for the same dry matter content (87.0%).

5As-fed basis. Values are calculated based on equation set by Noblet et al. (1994, eq. 11) for calculating NE in growing pigs.