Table 2.

Formula and calculated analysis of diets on an as-is basis (%)

	Starter (d 0 to 14)		Grower (d 15 to 28)		Finisher (d 29 to 35)
Item	Control	Plasma	Control	Plasma	Control	Plasma
Corn	57.66	59.23	60.12	60.91	65.43	65.82
Soybean meal, 47%	35.60	33.72	32.04	31.11	26.97	26.50
SDP1	0.00	1.00	0.00	0.50	0.00	0.25
Animal/vegetable fat	2.64	2.07	3.94	3.66	3.89	3.75
Dicalcium phosphate, 18.5%	1.76	1.69	1.63	1.59	1.56	1.54
Limestone	1.30	1.34	1.26	1.29	1.21	1.22
Vitamin/mineral premix2	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25
Coban 603	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08
Salt	0.47	0.39	0.47	0.43	0.47	0.45
dl-Met	0.24	0.22	0.19	0.18	0.13	0.12
l-Lys HCl	0.02	0.00	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.01
Total	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Calculated nutrient analysis
CP, %	21.5	21.5	20.00	20.00	18.00	18.00
Fat, %	5.21	4.70	6.56	6.31	6.67	6.54
ME, kcal/kg	3,050	3,050	3,150	3,150	3,200	3,200
Ash, %	5.66	5.64	5.35	5.34	5.02	5.02
Ca, %	1.00	1.00	0.95	0.95	0.90	0.90
P, %	0.70	0.70	0.66	0.66	0.63	0.63
Inorganic P, %	0.45	0.45	0.42	0.42	0.40	0.40
Na, %	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20
Lys, %	1.25	1.25	1.15	1.15	1.00	1.00
Met, %	0.58	0.57	0.52	0.51	0.43	0.43
Met +Cys, %	0.95	0.95	0.86	0.86	0.75	0.75
Trp, %	0.30	0.30	0.28	0.28	0.25	0.25
Thr, %	0.83	0.85	0.77	0.78	0.69	0.70
Ile, %	1.10	1.08	1.02	1.01	0.90	0.90

¹SDP = spray-dried plasma (powder [AP 920] treatments 2 and 3 or granular [Appetein] treatments 4 and 5 [7]).

²Vitamin/mineral premix provided the following per kilogram of diet: Mn, 100 mg; Zn, 100 mg; Fe, 50 mg; Cu, 11 mg; I, 1.5 mg; Se, 0.15 mg; vitamin A (retinyl acetate), 7,700 IU; cholecalciferol, 41.2 μg; vitamin E (α-tocopherol), 16.5 IU; vitamin B₁₂, 11 μg; menadione, 0.8 mg; riboflavin, 6.6 mg; thiamine, 1.1 mg; d-pantothenic acid, 6.6 mg; niacin, 27.5 mg; vitamin B₆, 1.4 mg; folic acid, 0.7 mg; choline, 385 mg; biotin, 0.03 mg.

³The coccidiostat was Coban 60 (Elanco Animal Health, Indianapolis, IN) and provided 90 g of monensin Na per ton of feed.