Table 1.
Ingredients and nutrient composition of finishers (days 19 to 41), diets as fed basis.
| Ingredients and Composition, g/kg | Fennel, g/kg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 16 | 32 | |
| Corn | 621 | 611 | 602 |
| Soybean meal, 48% CP | 287 | 283 | 277 |
| Gluten Meal | 30.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 |
| Fennel seed powder | 0.0 | 16.0 | 32.0 |
| Palm oil | 24.4 | 22.8 | 21.8 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 17.5 | 17.1 | 16.8 |
| Limestone | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.8 |
| Dl-methionine | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| Lysine-HCl | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
| L-threonine | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Premix 1 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Salt | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| Choline chloride, 60% | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Calculated composition | |||
| ME, MJ/kg 2 | 13.18 | 13.18 | 13.18 |
| Dry Matter, g/kg 3 | 894 | 894 | 894 |
| Crude protein, g/kg 2 | 205 | 204 | 204 |
| Digestible methionine, g/kg 2 | 5.18 | 5.23 | 5.28 |
| Digestible lysine, g/kg 2 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Digestible methionine + cysteine, g/kg 2 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.4 |
| Digestible threonine, g/kg | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.2 |
| Digestible arginine, g/kg | 11.6 | 11.4 | 11.2 |
| Nitrate, mg/kg | 19.5 | 54.6 | 89.7 |
| Nitrite, mg/kg | NA | NA | NA |
| Ether extract, g/kg 3 | 46.2 | 44.3 | 42.9 |
| Crude fiber, g/kg 3 | 51.6 | 52.4 | 53.8 |
| Calcium, g/kg 2 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 |
| Available Phosphorus, g/kg 2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| Magnesium, g/kg | 1.59 | 1.59 | 1.60 |
| Potassium, g/kg | 7.93 | 8.24 | 8.54 |
| Na (Sodium), g/kg | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Cl (Chloride), g/kg | 3.78 | 3.73 | 3.69 |
| Dietary electrolyte balance, mEq/kg | 183 | 193 | 201 |
1 Vitamin-mineral premix contains the following per kg: vitamin A, 2,400,000 IU; vitamin D, 1,000,000 IU; vitamin E, 16,000 IU; vitamin K, 800 mg; vitamin B1, 600 mg; vitamin B2, 1600 mg; vitamin B6, 1000 mg; vitamin B12, 6 mg; niacin, 8000 mg; folic acid, 400 mg; pantothenic acid, 3000 mg; biotin 40 mg; antioxidant, 3000 mg; cobalt, 80 mg; copper, 2000 mg; iodine, 400; iron, 1200 mg; manganese, 18,000 mg; selenium, 60 mg, and zinc, 14,000 mg; DL-methionine, 32 g; lysine, 25 g. NA, data not available in addition.