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. 2017 Nov;95(11):4880–4892. doi: 10.2527/jas2017.1859

Table 4.

Ingredient and nutrient contents of diets in Exp. 4 (%, as-fed basis)1

d 1 to 35 d 36 to 70
SSBM SSBM
Item CSBM + CSBM +
Ingredient
    Corn 70.34 20.0 20.0 73.6
    Sorghum 50.0 50.0 73.4 73.4
    Soybean meal 24.0 24.0 24.0 21.0 21.0 21.0
    Wheat bran 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00
    Soybean oil 0.55 0.55 0.55 0.43 0.43 0.43
    Dicalcium phosphate 0.86 1.00 1.00 0.65 0.90 0.90
    Limestone 0.98 0.85 0.85 0.96 0.77 0.77
    Sodium chloride 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30
    L-Lys HCl 0.31 0.34 0.34 0.23 0.28 0.28
    DL-Met 0.06 0.10 0.10 0.03 0.09 0.09
    L-Thr 0.08 0.10 0.10 0.04 0.07 0.07
    L-Trp 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
    Chromic oxide 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25
    Vitamin and mineral permix2 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50
Analyzed nutrient level
    DM 88.7 88.9 89.0 88.7 89.1 89.0
    CP 17.3 17.2 17.1 16.1 16.0 16.0
    Ash 4.94 4.93 5.06 4.50 4.73 4.75
    Ca 0.68 0.67 0.67 0.62 0.61 0.60
    Total P 0.56 0.55 0.54 0.54 0.53 0.52
Calculated nutrient level3
    Standardized ileal digestible Lys 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.85 0.85 0.85
    Standardized ileal digestible Met 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.24 0.24 0.24
    Standardized ileal digestible Thr 0.59 0.59 0.59 0.52 0.52 0.52
    Standardized ileal digestible Trp 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.15 0.15 0.15
    ME, Mcal/kg 3.30 3.30 3.30 3.30 3.30 3.30
1

CSBM = corn and soybean meal; SSBM = sorghum and soybean meal; “−” = without protease; “+” = with 150 mg/kg protease supplementation (1.5 ± 0.4 units/g of diet).

2

During d 1 through 35, the vitamin and mineral premix provided the following per kilogram of diet: 6,000 IU vitamin A as vitamin A acetate, 2,400 IU vitamin D as vitamin D3, 21.6 IU vitamin E as DL-α-tocopheryl acetate, 2 mg vitamin K as menadione sodium bisulfate, 0.96 mg vitamin B1, 5.2 mg vitamin B2, 2 mg vitamin B6, 12 μg vitamin B12, 11.2 mg d-pantothenic acid as calcium pantothenate, 22 mg nicotinic acid, 400 mg choline as choline chloride, 0.4 mg folic acid, 40 μg biotin, 120 mg Fe as iron sulfate, 130 mg Cu as copper sulfate, 20 mg Mn as manganese oxide, 0.4 mg I as ethylenediamine dihydroiodide, and 0.3 mg Se as sodium selenite. During d 36 through 70, the vitamin and mineral premix provided the following per kilogram of diet: 5,600 IU vitamin A as vitamin A acetate, 2,200 IU vitamin D as vitamin D3, 21.6 IU vitamin E as DL-α-tocopheryl acetate, 1.8 mg vitamin K as menadione sodium bisulfate, 0.88 mg vitamin B1, 4 mg vitamin B2, 1.8 mg vitamin B6, 12 μg vitamin B12, 10 mg d-pantothenic acid as calcium pantothenate, 20 mg nicotinic acid, 320 mg choline as choline chloride, 0.4 mg folic acid, 40 μg biotin, 100 mg Fe as iron sulfate, 15 mg Cu as copper sulfate, 10 mg Mn as manganese oxide, 0.3 mg I as ethylenediamine dihydroiodide, and 0.3 mg Se as sodium selenite.

3

These values were calculated from data provided in Exp. 1 and 2.