Table 1.
Composition and nutrient content of experimental diets, g/kg air dry matter.
| Item | Starter (1–21 d) | Grower-Finisher (22–42 d) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Rye-Containing Diets | Control | Rye-Containing Diets | |||||||
| Rye | 0 | 50 | 100 | 150 | 200 | 0 | 50 | 100 | 150 | 200 |
| Corn | 457.1 | 405.1 | 354.1 | 319.1 | 302.1 | 404.4 | 353.4 | 298.4 | 263.4 | 238.4 |
| Wheat | 100 | 100 | 100 | 80 | 40 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 180 | 150 |
| Soybean meal | 370 | 368 | 365 | 366 | 370 | 306 | 304 | 304 | 305 | 307 |
| Rapeseed oil | 33 | 37 | 41 | 45 | 48 | 52 | 55 | 60 | 64 | 67 |
| Limestone | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Monocalcium phosphate | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| NaCl | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| DL-Methionine | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| L-Lysine HCl | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| L-Treonine | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Vitamin–mineral premix 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Calculated composition: | ||||||||||
| Metabolizable energy, MJ/kg 2 | 12.6 | 13.1 | ||||||||
| Crude protein | 225 | 205 | ||||||||
| Lys | 12.3 | 11.5 | ||||||||
| Met | 5.8 | 5.25 | ||||||||
| Thr | 8.5 | 8.1 | ||||||||
| Ca | 9.7 | 9.3 | ||||||||
| Total P | 7.1 | 6.6 | ||||||||
| Available P | 4.5 | 4.1 | ||||||||
| Acid detergent fiber (ADF) | 99.3 | 108.9 | 103.2 | 107.6 | 104.7 | 106.4 | 103.3 | 103.5 | 109.0 | 109.5 |
| Neutral detergent fiber (NDF) | 50.4 | 52.2 | 47.9 | 49.5 | 51.0 | 49.5 | 49.5 | 48.2 | 51.3 | 51.4 |
1 The premix provided, per 1 kg of starter diet: Vitamin A (retinol), 3.75 mg; vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), 1.25 mg; vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol), 125 mg; vitamin K3 (menadione), 3 mg; vitamin B1 (thiamine), 3 mg; vitamin B2 (riboflavin), 8 mg; vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), 4 mg; vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin), 0.02 mg; biotin, 0.2 mg; Ca-pantotenate, 16,3 mg; niacin, 50 mg; folic acid, 2 mg; choline chloride, 348 mg; manganese, 100 mg; zinc, 100 mg; iron, 50 mg; copper, 20 mg; iodine, 1 mg; selenium, 0.35 mg; coccidiostat: 100 ppm of total narasin/nicarbazin activity; per 1 kg of finisher diet: Vitamin A (retinol), 3.0 mg; vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), 0.75 mg; vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol), 30 mg; vitamin K3 (menadione), 2.5 mg; vitamin B1 (thiamine), 2.5 mg; vitamin B2 (riboflavin), 5 mg; vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), 3.51 mg; vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin), 0.021 mg; biotin, 0.201 mg; Ca-pantotenate, 13 mg; niacin, 35 mg; folic acid, 1.0 mg; choline chloride, 300 mg; manganese, 80 mg; zinc, 90 mg; iron, 40 mg; copper, 20 mg; iodine, 0.5 mg; selenium, 0.2 mg; coccidiostat:narasin, 70 ppm. 2 Calcuated according to the European Table [18] as a sum of the ME content of components.