Table 1.
Ingredient and nutrient composition of basal diets
| Items | Feeding period (d) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
| |||
| Starter diet (0 to 10) | Grower diet (11 to 24) | Finisher diet (25 to 35) | |
| Ingredient (g/kg) | |||
| Corn | 613.0 | 645.0 | 696.5 |
| Soybean meal | 315.0 | 273.5 | 231.3 |
| Meat and bone meal | 45.0 | 41.0 | 31.4 |
| Canola oil | 44.0 | 17.0 | 23.0 |
| Limestone | 7.7 | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Quantum Blue 5G (100 g) | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Sodium chloride | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| Sodium bicarbonate | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| Titanium dioxide | - | 5.0 | - |
| Choline Cl 70% | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| L-lysine HCl | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| DL-methionine | 3.7 | 2.0 | 1.8 |
| L-threonine | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| Econase GT | 0.1 | 0. 1 | 0.1 |
| UNE vitamins1) | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| UNE minerals2) | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Nutrient composition (g/kg) | |||
| AME (MJ/kg)3) | 12.6 | 13.0 | 13.4 |
| Crude protein | 230 | 212 | 192 |
| Crude fat | 28.0 | 39.8 | 45.4 |
| Crude fibre | 20.9 | 24.0 | 23.1 |
| Lysine | 12.8 | 11.5 | 10.2 |
| Methionine | 6.60 | 4.70 | 4.30 |
| Met+Cys | 9.50 | 7.43 | 6.86 |
| Calcium | 9.60 | 8.70 | 7.80 |
| Phosphorus available | 4.80 | 4.40 | 3.90 |
| Sodium | 1.60 | 1.60 | 1.60 |
| Potassium | 9.30 | 8.50 | 7.60 |
| Chloride | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.30 |
| Choline | 1.30 | 1.30 | 1.30 |
1)
University of New England vitamin premix supplied per 0.6 kg/tonne of diet: retinol, 12,000 IU; cholecalciferol, 5,000 IU; tocopheryl acetate, 75 mg; menadione, 3 mg; thiamine, 3 mg; riboflavin, 8 mg; niacin, 55 mg; pantothenate, 13 mg; pyridoxine, 5 mg; folate, 2 mg; cyanocobalamin, 16 μg; biotin, 200 μg; cereal-based carrier, 149 mg.
2)
Minerals premix supplied per 0.8 kg/tonne of diet: mineral oil, 2.5 mg; Cu (sulphate), 16 mg; Fe (sulphate), 40 mg; I (iodide), 1.25 mg; Se (selenate), 0.3 mg; Mn (sulphate and oxide), 120 mg; Zn (sulphate and oxide), 100 mg; cereal-based carrier, 128 mg; mineral oil, 3.75 mg.
3)
AME, apparent metabolizable energy.