. 2019 May 24;14(5):e0217490. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217490

Table 1. Composition (inclusion %) of the diets used during the experimental period^a.

	Growing I^b		Growing II^c		Finishing I^d		Finishing II^e
	PC	NC	PC	NC	PC	NC	PC	NC
Ingredient
Corn kernels	68.54	69.65	72.46	73.45	77.09	77.77	81.76	82.42
Soybean meal	28.10	27.90	24.72	24.54	20.39	20.27	15.90	15.79
Dicalcium phosphate	1.14	0.44	0.93	0.22	0.86	0.16	0.79	0.09
Limestone	0.70	0.86	0.64	0.80	0.60	0.76	0.56	0.73
Soybean oil	0.58	0.21	0.27	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00
Lysine	0.12	0.12	0.15	0.15	0.21	0.21	0.24	0.24
Methionine	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.02
Threonine	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03
Tryptophan	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.02
Vitamin premix^f	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.08	0.08
Mineral premix^g	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10
Salt	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.30	0.30
Adsorbent	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15
Inert (kaolin)	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03
Calculated composition
Metabolizable energy (kcal/kg)	3,230	3,230	3,230	3,230	3,230	3,230	3,230	3,230
Crude protein	18.25	18.25	17.07	17.07	15.53	15.53	13.92	13.92
Ca	0.64	0.53	0.55	0.44	0.51	0.40	0.47	0.36
P, total	0.52	0.40	0.47	0.35	0.45	0.32	0.43	0.30
P, available	0.31	0.18	0.27	0.14	0.25	0.12	0.23	0.10
Ca:P, available	2.06	2.94	2.04	3.14	2.04	3.33	2.04	3.60
Digestible lysine	0.94	0.94	0.89	0.89	0.83	0.83	0.75	0.75
Digestible methionine	0.28	0.28	0.27	0.27	0.26	0.26	0.23	0.23
Digestible methionine + cysteine	0.54	0.54	0.51	0.51	0.48	0.48	0.44	0.44
Digestible threonine	0.64	0.64	0.61	0.61	0.56	0.56	0.50	0.50
Digestible tryptophan	0.20	0.20	0.18	0.18	0.16	0.16	0.15	0.15
Sodium	0.18	0.18	0.18	0.18	0.18	0.18	0.18	0.18

PC = positive control. NC = negative control.

^aPhytase was added to the negative control diets at 1,000, 2,000, and 3,000 phytase units (FYT) per kg of feed in the four evaluation periods.

^b68 to 91 days of age.

^c92 to 112 days of age.

^d113 to 140 days of age.

^e141 to 156 days of age.

^fVitamin premix provided per kg of diet: 6,000 IU vitamin A; 1,500 IU vitamin D₃; 15 mg vitamin E; 1.5 mg vitamin K₃; 1.35 mg vitamin B₁; 4 mg vitamin B₂; 2 mg vitamin B₆; 20 μg vitamin B₁₂; 20 mg; 9.35 mg pantothenic acid; 600 μg folic acid; 80 μg biotin; 300 μg Se.

^gMineral premix provided per kg of diet: 100 mg Fe; 10 mg Cu; 40 g Mn; 1 mg Co; 100 mg Zn; 1.5 mg I.

Table 1. Composition (inclusion %) of the diets used during the experimental perioda.

Table 1. Composition (inclusion %) of the diets used during the experimental period^a.