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

Table 6.

Composition of diets, experiment 4 (as-fed basis)1

DDGS, % 0 0 0 0 20 20 20 20
Item
Soybean hulls, %
0 5 10 15 0 5 10 15
 Corn 64.42 59.84 55.15 50.72 48.25 43.81 39.21 34.47
 Soybean meal, 46.5% crude protein 32.08 31.73 31.47 30.97 28.55 28.05 27.71 27.52
 Soybean hulls 5.00 10.00 15.00 5.00 10.00 15.00
 DDGS 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00
 Monocalcium P, 21% P 1.05 1.05 1.05 1.05 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
 Limestone 1.00 0.93 0.88 0.80 1.25 1.18 1.13 1.05
 Salt 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
 Trace mineral premix3 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15
l-Lysine HCl 0.33 0.32 0.31 0.31 0.37 0.37 0.36 0.35
dl-Methionine 0.125 0.130 0.140 0.150 0.043 0.045 0.053 0.060
l-Threonine 0.125 0.123 0.125 0.130 0.065 0.070 0.073 0.075
 Phytase4 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.125
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Calculated analysis
SID amino acids,%
 Lysine 1.26 1.26 1.26 1.26 1.26 1.26 1.26 1.26
 Isoleucine:lysine 61 61 61 61 65 65 65 65
 Leucine:lysine 129 128 127 125 151 149 147 146
 Methionine:lysine 33 33 34 34 30 30 30 31
 Methionine and cysteine:lysine 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58
 Threonine:lysine 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 63
 Tryptophan:lysine 17.5 17.5 17.5 17.5 17.5 17.5 17.5 17.5
 Valine:lysine 68 68 67 67 74 74 73 73
Total lysine, % 1.39 1.41 1.42 1.43 1.43 1.44 1.46 1.47
NE, Mcal/kg 2.37 2.29 2.21 2.13 2.40 2.32 2.24 2.16
SID Lys:NE, g/Mcal 5.32 5.50 5.70 5.92 5.25 5.43 5.63 5.83
Crude protein, % 20.9 20.9 21.0 21.0 23.2 23.2 23.3 23.4
Crude fiber, % 2.7 4.2 5.8 7.3 2.2 3.7 5.3 6.8
ADF, % 3.5 5.4 7.3 9.2 6.2 8.0 9.9 11.8
NDF, % 9.0 11.4 13.7 16.1 14.1 16.4 18.8 21.1
Calcium, % 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
Phosphorus, % 0.62 0.61 0.61 0.60 0.60 0.59 0.58 0.58
Available P, % 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.42
Bulk density, g/L 749 730 696 640 702 666 633 648

1Dietary treatment fed in meal form d 0 to 21.

2Provided per kg of premix: 4,408,000 IU vitamin A; 551,000 IU vitamin D3; 17,632 IU vitamin E; 1,763 mg vitamin K; 3,306 mg riboflavin; 11,020 mg pantothenic acid; 19,836 mg niacin; and 15.0 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), providing 509 phytase units (FTU)/kg, with release of 0.10% available P.