Table 3.
Ingredient and nutrient contents of diets in Exp. 3 (%, as-fed basis)
| d 1 to 14 | d 15 to 28 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corn:sorghum ratio | Corn:sorghum ratio | |||||||
| Item | 60:0 | 40:20 | 20:40 | 0:60 | 60:0 | 40:20 | 20:40 | 0:60 |
| Ingredient | ||||||||
| Corn | 60.0 | 40.0 | 20.0 | – | 60.0 | 40.0 | 20.0 | – |
| Sorghum | – | 20.0 | 40.0 | 60.0 | – | 20.0 | 40.0 | 60.0 |
| Soybean meal | 9.61 | 9.57 | 9.52 | 9.48 | 15.25 | 15.22 | 15.20 | 15.15 |
| Extruded soybean meal | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Spray-dried porcine plasma | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | – | – | – | – |
| Fish meal | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Whey powder | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Soybean oil | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Limestone | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Salt | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| L-Lys HCl | 0.35 | 0.36 | 0.38 | 0.39 | 0.36 | 0.38 | 0.39 | 0.41 |
| DL-Met | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.12 |
| L-Thr | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.14 |
| L-Trp | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| Chromic oxide | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 |
| Vitamin mineral premix1 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
| Analyzed nutrient level | ||||||||
| DM | 89.8 | 89.9 | 89.7 | 90.2 | 89.4 | 89.7 | 89.7 | 89.9 |
| CP | 20.0 | 19.8 | 19.9 | 19.7 | 18.9 | 19.1 | 18.9 | 18.7 |
| Ash | 5.71 | 5.65 | 5.68 | 5.76 | 5.31 | 5.38 | 5.49 | 5.32 |
| Ca | 0.82 | 0.82 | 0.81 | 0.80 | 0.72 | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.70 |
| Total P | 0.64 | 0.64 | 0.64 | 0.65 | 0.58 | 0.58 | 0.59 | 0.59 |
| Calculated nutrient level2 | ||||||||
| Standardized ileal digestible Lys | 1.35 | 1.35 | 1.35 | 1.35 | 1.23 | 1.23 | 1.23 | 1.23 |
| Standardized ileal digestible Met | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.37 |
| Standardized ileal digestible Thr | 0.79 | 0.79 | 0.79 | 0.79 | 0.73 | 0.73 | 0.73 | 0.73 |
| Standardized ileal digestible Trp | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 |
| ME, Mcal/kg | 3.40 | 3.40 | 3.40 | 3.40 | 3.35 | 3.35 | 3.35 | 3.35 |
1
Vitamin and mineral premix provided the following per kilogram of diet: 12,000 IU vitamin A as vitamin A acetate, 2,500 IU vitamin D as vitamin D3, 30 IU vitamin E as DL-α-tocopheryl acetate, 12 μg vitamin B12, 3 mg vitamin K as menadione sodium bisulfate, 15 mg d-pantothenic acid as calcium pantothenate, 40 mg nicotinic acid, 400 mg choline as choline chloride, 30 mg Mn as manganese oxide, 80 mg Zn as zinc oxide, 90 mg Fe as iron sulfate, 10 mg Cu as copper sulfate, 0.35 mg I as ethylenediamine dihydroiodide, and 0.3 mg Se as sodium selenite.
2
These values were calculated from data provided in Exp. 1 and 2.