Table 1.
Composition of diets and chemical analysis.
| Item | Experiment A | Experiment B | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soy | VC+ | VC− | Soy | VC+ | VC− | |
| Ingredient (%) | ||||||
| Wheat | 30.0 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 30.0 | 8.00 | 8.00 |
| Corn | 36.0 | 25.2 | 25.2 | 36.0 | 25.2 | 25.2 |
| Soybean meal | 24.4 | 24.4 | ||||
| Blue sweet lupine cv. Boruta | 28.6 | 28.6 | 28.6 | 28.6 | ||
| Field pea cv. Astronaute | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | ||
| Field bean cv. Fuego | 20.2 | 20.2 | ||||
| Field bean cv. Tiffany | 20.2 | 20.2 | ||||
| Grass meal | 5.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 5.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Soybean oil | 0.2 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 1.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| Calcium carbonate | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Cattle salt (NaCl) | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| DL-Methionine | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Broilerpremix 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Chemical analysis | ||||||
| Dry matter abs (%) | 90.0 | 90.3 | 90.1 | 89.7 | 90.1 | 90.2 |
| Ash (g/kg DM) | 67.6 | 64.5 | 64.9 | 67.3 | 64.3 | 67.0 |
| Crude protein (g/kg DM) | 211.6 | 220.5 | 228.3 | 213.0 | 213.1 | 214.3 |
| Crude fat (g/kg DM) | 29.7 | 56.2 | 58.7 | 33.5 | 67.0 | 67.3 |
| Crude fibre (g/kg DM) | 43.8 | 60.4 | 68.5 | 45.2 | 72.0 | 74.0 |
| NDF (g/kg DM) | 123.3 | 124.2 | 132.7 | 148.5 | 128.9 | 136.6 |
| Starch (g/kg DM) | 472.2 | 423.7 | 402.6 | 480.2 | 416.6 | 413.1 |
| Sugar (g/kg DM) | 40.7 | 35.2 | 33.0 | 37.0 | 33.5 | 32.3 |
| SFA (g/100g fat) | 17.4 | 15.2 | 15.4 | 13.6 | 14.9 | 14.6 |
| MUFA (g/100g fat) | 22.7 | 26.6 | 26.6 | 24.4 | 26.7 | 26.8 |
| PUFA (g/100g fat) | 59.9 | 58.2 | 58.0 | 62.1 | 58.3 | 58.6 |
| Methionine (%) | 0.49 | 0.48 | 0.43 | 0.46 | 0.50 | 0.49 |
| Cysteine (%) | 0.30 | 0.27 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.30 |
| Lysine (%) | 0.97 | 1.01 | 1.07 | 0.90 | 1.08 | 1.09 |
| Threonine (%) | 0.71 | 0.66 | 0.69 | 0.68 | 0.69 | 0.69 |
| Vicin (%) | 0.005 | 0.095 | 0.016 | 0.00 | 0.094 | 0.013 |
| Convicin (%) | 0.003 | 0.043 | 0.006 | 0.00 | 0.042 | 0.003 |
| VC (Vicin + Convicin; %) | 0.008 | 0.138 | 0.022 | 0.00 | 0.136 | 0.016 |
| Tannin (mg/g) | 4.22 | 4.48 | 4.01 | 3.74 | 3.39 | 3.89 |
| Calculated energy content | ||||||
| AMEn (MJ/kg) | 14.1 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 12.9 | 13.0 | 12.9 |
VC+: VC-rich faba bean diet, VC−: VC-poor faba bean diet, DL-Methionine: racemic mixture of dextrorotary and laevorotary Methionine, NDF: neutral detergent fibre, SFA: saturated fatty acids, MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acids, PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acids, AMEn: nitrogen-corrected apparent metabolizable energy; 1 vitamin-mineral premix provided per kg of diet: Fe, 32 mg; Cu, 12 mg; Zn, 80 mg; Mn, 100 mg; Se, 0.4 mg; I, 1.6 mg; Co, 0.64 mg; retinol, 3.6 mg; cholecalciferol, 0.088 mg; tocopherol, 40 mg; menadione, 4.5 mg; thiamine, 2.5 mg; riboflavin, 8 mg; pyridoxine, 6 mg; cobalamin, 32 µg; nicotinic acid, 45 mg; pantothenic acid, 15 mg; folic acid, 1.2 mg; biotin, 50 µg; choline chloride, 550 mg.