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. 2019 Jul 29;5(4):359–365. doi: 10.1016/j.aninu.2019.07.001

Table 4.

Ingredients and composition of experimental diets in Exp. 2 (%, as-fed basis).

Item Experimental diets
Phase 1
Phase 2
β-mannanase1
β-mannanase1
0 0.05% 0 0.05%
Ingredients
 Corn 53.37 55.67 51.10 53.22
 SBM 18.66 17.18 12.85 11.72
 Wheat 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00
 DDGS 10.00 10.00 15.00 15.00
 Palm kernel meal 7.00 7.00 10.00 10.00
 Animal fat 2.89 2.02 3.14 2.10
 Celite1 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10
 L-lysine·HCl (78%) 0.37 0.37 0.34 0.34
 DL-Met (50%) 0.04 0.04 0.13 0.13
 Choline chloride (50%) 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05
 Limestone 1.20 1.20 1.09 1.09
 Mono-dicalcium phosphate 0.52 0.52 0.40 0.40
 Salt 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30
 Mineral premix2 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20
 Vitamin premix3 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30
Total 100 100 100 100
Calculated composition
 ME, kcal/kg 3,300 3,260 3,300 3,260
 CP 17.00 16.51 16.00 15.63
 Calcium 0.59 0.59 0.52 0.52
 Av. phosphorus 0.23 0.23 0.21 0.21
 Lys 0.85 0.82 0.73 0.70
 Met + Cys 0.48 0.46 0.44 0.42

SBM = soybean meal; DDGS = distillers dried grains with solubles; ME = metabolizable energy; CP = crude protein.

1

β-mannanase (800,000 U/kg) was added by replacing Celite in the diets.

2

Supplied per kilogram of diet: 16,000 IU vitamin A, 3,000 IU vitamin D3, 40 IU vitamin E, 5.0 mg vitamin K3, 5.0 mg vitamin B1, 20 mg vitamin B2, 4.0 mg vitamin B6, 0.08 mg vitamin B12, 40 mg pantothenic acid, 75 mg niacin, 0.15 mg biotin, 0.65 mg folic acid.

3

Supplied per kilogram of diet: 45 mg Fe, 0.25 mg Co, 50 mg Cu, 15 mg Mn, 25 mg Zn, 0.35 mg I, 0.13 mg Se.