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. 2018 Oct 29;32(3):387–394. doi: 10.5713/ajas.18.0647

Table 4.

Composition of the nitrogen-free diets, as-fed basis

Items
Ingredient (%)
 Tapioca starch 67.25
 Soy-oil 9.22
 Sucrose 9.95
 Lactose 9.95
 MDCP 2.63
 Limestone 0.00
 Salt 0.30
 Vitamin premix1) 0.10
 Mineral premix2) 0.10
 Cr2O3 0.50
 Sum 100.0
Chemical composition3)
 ME (kcal/kg) 3,249
 Crude protein (%) 0.00
 Lysine (%) 0.00
 Methionine (%) 0.00
 Threonine (%) 0.00
 Ca (%) 0.70
 Total P (%) 0.60

MDCP, mono-di-calcium phosphate (Ca, 17.6% and total P, 20.4%); ME, metabolizable energy.

1)

Provided the following per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 7,960 IU as vitamin A acetate; vitamin D3, 1,592 IU; vitamin E, 32 IU as dl-α-tocopheryl acetate; biotin, 0.25 mg as d-biotin; riboflavin, 3.2 mg; thiamine 3 mg as thiamine mononitrate; pyridoxine 5 mg as pyridoxine hydrochloride; folic acid 0.5 mg; pantothenic acid, 8 mg as d-calcium pantothenate; niacin, 46 mg as nicotinic acid; vitamin B12, 12 μg as cyanocobalamin; and vitamin K3, 2.4 mg as menadion nicotinamide bisulfate.

2)

Provided the following per kilogram of diet: Cu 24.8 mg as CuSO4H2O; Fe 54.1 mg as FeSO4H2O; Zn 84.7 mg as ZnSO4H2O; Mn 24.8 mg as MnSO4H2O; I 0.3 mg as Ca(IO3)H2O; Co 0.3 mg as CoSO4H2O; and Se 0.1 mg as NaSeO3H2O.

3)

Calculated values.