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

Table 4.

Composition of phase 1 diets, experiment 3 (as-fed basis)1

DDGS, % Phase 1
0 0 0 0 0 15 15 15 15 15
Item
Soybean hulls, %
0 3 6 9 12 0 3 6 9 12
 Corn 55.23 52.52 49.75 47.05 44.27 43.14 40.34 37.65 34.94 32.24
 Soybean meal, 46.5% crude protein 28.19 27.92 27.73 27.46 27.27 25.54 25.35 25.08 24.81 24.54
 Soybean hulls 3.00 6.00 9.00 12.00 3.00 6.00 9.00 12.00
 DDGS 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00
 Select menhaden fish meal 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00
 Spray-dried whey 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00
 Monocalcium P, 21% P 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15
 Limestone 0.83 0.80 0.76 0.72 0.69 1.00 0.98 0.95 0.91 0.88
 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 0.23 0.23 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.26 0.26 0.25 0.25 0.25
dl-Methionine 0.12 0.13 0.13 0.14 0.14 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.07
l-Threonine 0.13 0.13 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.10 0.10
 Phytase4 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02
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 1.32 1.32 1.32 1.32 1.32
 Isoleucine:lysine 63 62 62 62 62 65 65 65 65 65
 Leucine:lysine 128 127 126 125 124 143 142 141 140 139
 Methionine:lysine 35 35 35 35 36 32 32 32 32 33
 Methionine and cysteine:lysine 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58
 Threonine:lysine 65 65 66 66 65 65 65 65 65 65
 Tryptophan:lysine 17.5 17.5 17.5 17.5 17.5 17.5 17.5 17.5 17.5 17.5
 Valine:lysine 69 69 69 68 68 73 73 73 72 72
Total lysine, % 1.46 1.47 1.47 1.48 1.49 1.49 1.49 1.50 1.51 1.52
NE, Mcal/kg 2.40 2.35 2.30 2.26 2.21 2.42 2.37 2.33 2.28 2.23
SID Lys:NE, g/Mcal 5.50 5.62 5.74 5.84 5.97 5.45 5.57 5.67 5.79 5.92
Crude protein, % 21.9 21.9 22.0 22.0 22.0 23.7 23.7 23.7 23.8 23.8
Crude fiber, % 2.3 3.2 4.2 5.1 6.0 1.9 2.9 3.8 4.7 5.7
ADF, % 3.1 4.2 5.3 6.4 7.6 5.0 6.2 7.3 8.4 9.5
NDF, % 7.8 9.2 10.6 12.0 13.5 11.6 13.0 14.4 15.8 17.2
Calcium, % 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80
Phosphorus, % 0.64 0.64 0.64 0.64 0.64 0.64 0.64 0.64 0.64 0.64
Available P, % 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.46

1Dietary treatment fed in meal form from d 0 to 14 for phase 1.

2Provided by kg of the diet: 14,330 IU vitamin A; 2,205 IU vitamin D3; 77.2 IU vitamin E; 8.8 mg vitamin K; 7.7 mg riboflavin; 33.1 mg pantothenic acid; 55.1 mg niacin; and 0.40 mg vitamin B12.

3Provided per kg of the diet: 25 mg Mn from manganese oxide, 88 mg Fe from iron sulfate, 2000 mg Zn from zinc sulfate, 264 g Cu from copper sulfate, 1.36 mg I from calcium iodate, and 0.30 mg Se from sodium selenite.

4Ronozyme CT (10,000) (International Nutrition, Omaha, NE), providing 1,852 phytase units (FTU)/kg, with a release of 0.10% available P.