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. 2018 Mar 23;2(2):144–155. doi: 10.1093/tas/txy010

Table 6.

Diet composition, experiment 3 (as-fed basis)1

Ingredient, % Control Soluble fractions, %2
0.87 24.35
 Corn 40.31 48.65 48.33
 Soybean meal, 46.5% CP 32.77 21.35 21.35
 Corn DDGS3 10.00 10.00 10.00
 Spray-dried whey 10.00 10.00 10.00
 Fish meal4 6.00 6.00
 Choice white grease 3.00 1.45 1.25
 Limestone 1.07 0.42 0.62
 Monocalcium P, 21% P 1.05 0.25 0.45
 Sodium chloride 0.50 0.50 0.50
l-Lys HCl 0.35 0.35 0.39
dl-Met 0.15 0.14 0.16
l-Thr 0.11 0.14 0.17
l-Trp 0.03 0.04
l-Val 0.03 0.06 0.08
 Phytase5 0.02 0.02 0.02
 Zinc oxide 0.25 0.25 0.25
 Trace mineral premix6 0.15 0.15 0.15
 Vitamin premix7 0.25 0.25 0.25
Total 100 100 100
Calculated analysis
SID amino acids, %
 Lys 1.35 1.35 1.35
 Ile:Lys 64 60 58
 Leu:Lys 131 127 124
 Met:Lys 35 37 38
 Met and Cys:Lys 58 58 58
 Thr:Lys 63 63 63
 Trp:Lys 18.5 18.5 18.5
 Val:Lys 71 71 71
Metabolizable energy, kcal/kg 3,402 3,371 3,377
NE, kcal/kg 2,502 2,502 2,502
CP, % 23.4 22.7 22.6
Ca, % 0.78 0.78 0.78
P, % 0.69 0.66 0.66
STTD P, % 0.54 0.52 0.52

STTD = standardized total tract digestibility.

1Diets were fed from 6.5 to approximately 13.1 kg body weight.

2Treatments 0.87% and 24.35% solubles were manufactured and blended to create the intermediate levels of 8.70% and 16.52% solubles.

3Dried distillers grain with solubles.

4LT Prime Menhaden Fishmeal (Daybrook Fisheries Inc., New Orleans, LA).

5Ronozyme HiPhos 2700 (DSM Nutritional Products, Parsippany, NJ) provided 476.2 phytase units (FTU/kg) of diet with a release of 0.10% available P.

6Provided per kilogram of premix: 22 g Mn from manganese oxide; 73 g Fe from iron sulfate; 73 g Zn from zinc sulfate; 11 g Cu from copper sulfate; 198 mg I from calcium iodate; and 198 mg Se from sodium selenite.

7Provided per kilogram of premix: 3,527,360 IU vitamin A; 881,840 IU vitamin D3; 46 17,637 IU vitamin E; 3,307 mg riboflavin; 1,764 mg menadione; 11,023 mg pantothenic acid; 33,069 mg niacin; and 15.4 mg vitamin B12.