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. 2020 Feb 18;10(2):321. doi: 10.3390/ani10020321

Table 2.

Ingredients and chemical composition (g/kg, as a fed basis) of experimental diets.

Item Diets 1
Starter (0 to 21 Days) Grower (21 to 35 Days) Finisher (35 to 42 Days)
Control CAM FLA SUN Control CAM FLA SUN Control CAM FLA SUN
Diet composition, g/kg
Wheat 200.0 200.0 200.0 200.0 230.0 230.0 230.0 230.0 270.0 270.0 270.0 270.0
Soybean meal, 46% crude Protein 394.4 394.4 394.4 394.4 359.3 279.3 299.3 294.3 312.5 242.5 262.5 257.5
Maize 300.0 300.0 300.0 300.0 300.0 300.0 280.0 285.0 300.0 300.0 280.0 285.0
Soybean oil 60.0 60.0 60.0 60.0 70.0 80.0
Camelina seeds 150.0 150.0
Flax seeds 150.0 150.0
Sunflower seeds, dehulled 150.0 150.0
Dicalcium phosphate 18.3 18.3 18.3 18.3 18.0 18.0 18.0 18.0 18.0 18.0 18.0 18.0
Limestone 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0
NaCl 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3
DL-Met 2 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3
L-Lys 3 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4
Vitamin-mineral premix 4 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5
Chemical composition, g/kg
MEn (MJ/kg) 5 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.5 13.0 13.0 13.0 13.1 13.3 13.2 13.3 13.3
Crude protein 221 221 221 221 209 205 204 209 192 196 195 198
Lys 14.3 14.3 14.3 14.3 12.8 12.8 12.5 13.02 11.6 11.1 11.7 11.6
Met + Cys 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.5 9.68 9.73 9.29 9.81 8.94 8.77 8.63 9.08
Ca 9.84 9.84 9.84 9.84 8.87 8.57 8.25 8.73 7.86 7.88 7.98 8.01
P 6.61 6.61 6.61 6.61 6.29 6.69 6.56 6.38 6.21 6.58 6.62 6.64
Mg 0.612 0.612 0.612 0.612 0.383 0.432 0.411 0.392 0.394 0.450 0.432 0.410

1 Control—diet without oil seeds, CAM—diet with 15% camelina seeds, SUN—diet with 15% sunflower seeds, FLA—with 15% flax seeds; 2 Evonik Degussa Gmbh. Essen. Germany (per kilogram of 990 g methionine); 3 Ajinomoto Eurolysine S.A.S. Amiens. France (per kilogram of 780 g lysine); 4 Added minerals and vitamins per kg of starter diet: Mn, 100 mg; I, 1 mg; Fe, 40 mg; Zn, 100 mg; Se, 0.15 mg; Cu, 10 mg; vitamin A, 15,000 IU; vitamin D3, 5000 UI; vitamin E, 75 mg; vitamin K3, 4 mg; vitamin B1, 3 mg; vitamin B2, 8 mg; vitamin B6, 5 mg; vitamin B12, 0.016 mg; biotin, 0.2 mg; folic acid, 2 mg; nicotic acid, 60 mg; pantothenic acid, 18 mg; choline, 1800 mg. Added minerals and vitamins per kg of grower diet: Mn, 100 mg; I, 1 mg; Fe, 40 mg; Zn, 100 mg; Se, 0.15 mg; Cu, 10 mg; vitamin A, 12,000 IU; vitamin D3, 5000 UI; vitamin E, 50 mg; vitamin K3, 3 mg; vitamin B1, 2 mg; vitamin B2, 6 mg; vitamin B6, 4 mg; vitamin B12, 0.016 mg; biotin, 0.2 mg; folic acid, 1.75 mg; nicotic acid, 60 mg; pantothenic acid, 18 mg; choline, 1600 mg. Added minerals and vitamins per kg of finisher diet: Mn, 100 mg; I, 1 mg; Fe, 40 mg; Zn, 100 mg; Se, 0.15 mg; Cu, 10 mg; vitamin A, 12,000 IU; vitamin D3, 5000 UI; vitamin E, 50 mg; vitamin K3, 2 mg; vitamin B1, 2 mg; vitamin B2, 5 mg; vitamin B6, 3 mg; vitamin B12, 0.011 mg; biotin, 0.05 mg; folic acid, 1.5 mg; nicotic acid, 35 mg; pantothenic acid, 18 mg; choline, 1600 mg; 5 MEn = metabolizable energy in the mixtures corrected to zero nitrogen balance (MEn, MJ/kg = 0.1551 × % crude protein + 0.3431 × % crude fat + 0.1669 × % starch + 0.1301 × % total sugar [expressed as sucrose]).