Table 1.
Diet composition, as-fed basis
| Ingredient | % |
|---|---|
| Corn, yellow dent | 56.54 |
| Corn DDGS | 5.00 |
| Soybean meal, 46.5% CP | 31.57 |
| Soybean oil | 1.00 |
| Salt | 0.50 |
| Optiphos 2000 | 0.02 |
| Vitamin-mineral pre-mix† | 0.30 |
| Limestone | 1.23 |
| Monocalcium phosphate 21% | 0.73 |
| dl-Methionine | 0.11 |
| l-Threonine | 0.09 |
| l-Lysine HCl | 0.40 |
| Fish meal, menhaden | 2.50 |
| Calculated composition | |
| ME, kcal/kg. | 3360 |
| Crude protein, % | 23.0 |
| SID lysine, % | 1.25 |
SID, standardized ileal digestibility.
†Premix supplied (per kg of diet): 8,820 IU vitamin A, 1,653 IU vitamin D3, 33.1 IU vitamin E, 4.4 mg vitamin K, 6.6 mg riboflavin, 38.9 mg niacin, 22.1 mg pantothenic acid, 0.04 mg vitamin B12, 1.1 mg I as potassium iodide, 0.30 mg Se as sodium selenite, 60.6 mg Zn as zinc oxide, 36.4 mg Fe as ferrous sulfate, 12.1 mg Mn as manganous oxide, and 3.6 mg Cu as copper sulfate.