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. 2019 Oct 10;3(4):1335–1348. doi: 10.1093/tas/txz126

Table 2.

Phase 1 and phase 2 diet composition and bulk density, experiment 1 (as-fed basis)1

Item Phase 1 Phase 2
Soybean hulls, % Soybean hulls, %
0 5 10 15 20 0 5 10 15 20
 Corn 54.69 50.09 45.49 40.89 36.28 63.74 59.06 54.37 49.71 45.03
 Soybean meal, 46.5% crude protein 29.40 29.06 28.71 28.36 28.02 32.79 32.53 32.26 31.99 31.72
 Soybean hulls 5.00 10.00 15.00 20.00 5.00 10.00 15.00 20.00
 Select menhaden fish meal 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00
 Spray-dried whey 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00
 Monocalcium P, 21% P 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.65 1.05 1.05 1.05 1.05 1.05
 Limestone 0.88 0.81 0.75 0.69 0.63 0.95 0.89 0.83 0.77 0.71
 Salt 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35
 Vitamin premix2 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25
 Trace mineral premix3 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15
l-Lysine HCl 0.25 0.24 0.24 0.23 0.23 0.33 0.32 0.32 0.31 0.30
dl-Methionine 0.12 0.13 0.14 0.15 0.16 0.13 0.14 0.15 0.15 0.16
l-Threonine 0.13 0.14 0.14 0.15 0.15 0.13 0.13 0.14 0.14 0.15
 Phytase4 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Calculated analysis
SID amino acids, %
 Lysine 1.32 1.32 1.32 1.32 1.32 1.28 1.28 1.28 1.28 1.28
 Isoleucine:lysine 62 62 62 62 62 61 61 61 61 61
 Leucine:lysine 127 125 124 122 121 129 127 126 124 123
 Methionine:lysine 34 34 35 35 35 33 34 34 34 34
 Methionine and cysteine:lysine 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 57
 Threonine:lysine 65 65 65 65 65 63 63 63 63 63
 Tryptophan:lysine 18 18 18 17 17 17 18 18 18 18
 Valine:lysine 68 68 67 67 66 68 68 67 67 66
Total lysine, % 1.46 1.47 1.48 1.49 1.50 1.42 1.43 1.44 1.45 1.46
NE, Mcal/kg 2.40 2.33 2.25 2.17 2.09 2.37 2.29 2.21 2.13 2.05
SID Lys:NE, g/Mcal 5.50 5.67 5.87 6.08 6.32 5.40 5.59 5.79 6.01 6.24
Crude protein, % 21.8 21.8 21.8 21.8 21.9 21.1 21.2 21.2 21.3 21.3
Crude fiber, % 2.4 3.9 5.5 7.0 8.6 2.7 4.2 5.8 7.3 8.9
ADF, % 3.1 5.0 6.9 8.7 10.6 3.6 5.4 7.3 9.2 11.1
NDF, % 7.9 10.2 12.6 14.9 17.3 9.0 11.4 13.7 16.1 18.4
Calcium, % 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.69 0.69 0.69 0.69 0.69
Phosphorus, % 0.66 0.65 0.64 0.63 0.62 0.63 0.62 0.61 0.60 0.60
Available P, % 0.48 0.48 0.48 0.48 0.48 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.42
Bulk density, g/L 810 769 714 676 659 802 772 718 720 666

1Diets were fed in meal form from d 0 to 13 for phase 1 and d 13 to 34 for phase 2.

2Provided per kg of premix: 4,409,200 IU vitamin A; 551,150 IU vitamin D3; 17,637 IU vitamin E; 1,764 mg vitamin K; 3,307 mg riboflavin; 11,023 mg pantothenic acid; 19,841 mg niacin; and 15.4 mg vitamin B12.

3Provided per kg of premix: 26.5 g Mn from manganese oxide; 110 g Fe from iron sulfate; 110 g Zn from zinc sulfate; 11 g Cu from copper sulfate; 198 mg I from calcium iodate; and 198 mg Se from sodium selenite.

4Phyzyme 600 (Danisco Animal Nutrition, St. Louis, MO) provided 509 phytase units (FTU)/kg, with a release of 0.10% available P.