Table 3.
Composition (as-is basis) of experimental diets containing corn, torula yeast, or fish meal, experiment 2
| Item | Corn | Torula yeast | Fish meal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingredient, % | |||
| Ground corn | 96.85 | 67.00 | 71.45 |
| Torula yeast | — | 30.6 | — |
| Fish meal | — | — | 28.00 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 1.8 | 0.4 | — |
| Ground limestone | 0.80 | 1.45 | — |
| Sodium cloride | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 |
| Vitamin–micromineral premix1 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 |
| Analyzed values | |||
| GE, kcal/kg | 3,921 | 3,962 | 3,751 |
| DM, % | 88.87 | 87.30 | 86.16 |
1The vitamin–micromineral premix provided the following quantities of vitamins and micro minerals per kilogram of complete diet: vitamin A as retinyl acetate, 11,150 IU; vitamin D3 as cholecalciferol, 2,210 IU; vitamin E as selenium yeast, 66 IU; vitamin K as menadione nicotinamide bisulfate, 1.42 mg; thiamin as thiamine mononitrate, 1.10 mg; riboflavin,6.59 mg; pyridoxine as pyridoxine hydrochloride, 1.00 mg; vitamin B12, 0.03 mg; d-pantothenic acid as d-calcium pantothenate, 23.6 mg; niacin, 44.1 mg; folic acid, 1.59 mg; biotin, 0.44 mg; Cu, 20 mg as copper chloride; Fe, 125 mg as iron sulfate; I, 1.26 mg as ethylenediamine dihydriodide; Mn, 60.2 mg as manganese hydroxychloride; Se, 0.30 mg as sodium selenite and selenium yeast; and Zn, 125.1 mg as zinc hydroxychloride.