TABLE 1.
Dietary ingredients and chemical composition of experimental diets.
|
No phytase |
Phytase |
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| Treatment of cereal grains | Con | LA | Con | LA |
| Ingredient (%) | ||||
| Wheat | 36.2 | 36.2 | 36.2 | 36.2 |
| Corn | 36.0 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 36.0 |
| Soybean HP dehulled | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 |
| Sunflower Oil | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Vitamin-Mineral-Premixa | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| Limestone | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Monocalcium phosphate | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Phytase (FTU/kg)b | 0 | 0 | 500 | 500 |
| Analyzed chemical composition (dry matter basis) (%) | ||||
| Dry matter | 90.0 | 94.2 | 90.0 | 94.2 |
| Crude ash | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 4.9 |
| Crude protein | 21.3 | 20.2 | 21.6 | 20.5 |
| aNDFOM | 13.1 | 12.2 | 12.9 | 11.9 |
| ADFOM | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| Resistant starch | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| Non-resistant starch | 51.0 | 49.2 | 50.0 | 48.5 |
| Phosphorus | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Calcium | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Calcium:phosphorus | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
Con, control diet; LA, diet containing lactic acid-treated cereals. aThe Vitamin-Mineral-Premix provided per kilogram of experimental diet (Garant GmbH, Pöchlarn, Austria): vitamin A, 17.250 IE; vitamin D3, 2.299 IE; vitamin E, 160.999 mg; vitamin K3, 4.600 mg; vitamin B1, 2.299 mg; vitamin B2, 6.900 mg; vitamin B6, 3.450 mg; vitamin B12, 0.034 mg; Vitamin B3, 34.500 mg; Pantothenic acid, 17.150 mg; folic acid, 1.150 mg; biotin, 0.172 mg; Choline Chloride, 579.600 mg; Fe, 103.500 mg; Cu, 17.250 mg; Zn, 103.500 mg; Mn, 45.999 mg; J, 1.725 mg; Se, 0.517 mg. bFTU; phytase units.