Table 1.

Ingredient and nutrient composition of the experimental diets (as-fed basis, %)

Item	Control	Control+DFM11	Control+DFM22
Ingredient, %
Corn	58.07	58.04	58.04
Soybean meal	15.00	15.00	15.00
Whey powder	9.00	9.00	9.00
HP3003	8.50	8.50	8.50
Fishmeal	4.00	4.00	4.00
Soybean oil	2.00	2.00	2.00
Limestone	1.27	1.27	1.27
Monocalcium phosphate	0.10	0.10	0.10
Salt	0.68	0.67	0.67
Vitamin premix4	0.20	0.20	0.20
Trace mineral premix5	0.20	0.20	0.20
L-Lysine HCl	0.52	0.52	0.52
DL-Methionine	0.19	0.19	0.19
L-Threonine	0.16	0.16	0.16
L-Valine	0.06	0.06	0.06
L-Tryptophan	0.03	0.03	0.03
Phytase6	0.02	0.02	0.02
DFM1	--	0.03	--
DFM2	--	--	0.03
Calculated nutrient levels
ME, kcal/kg	3,407	3,407	3,407
NE, kcal/kg	2,559	2,559	2,559
Crude protein, %	20.34	20.34	20.34
Ether extract, %	4.92	4.92	4.92
Total P, %	0.53	0.53	0.53
STTD P, %	0.43	0.43	0.43
Calcium, %	0.85	0.85	0.85
SID Lys, %	1.40	1.40	1.40
SID Met + Cys, %	0.77	0.77	0.77
SID Thr, %	0.83	0.83	0.83
SID Trp, %	0.24	0.24	0.24
Analyzed nutrient levels
Dry matter, %	85.52	85.63	85.45
GE, kcal/kg	4,329	4,338	4,321
Crude protein, %	21.51	22.32	21.68
aEE, %	5.69	5.56	5.82

¹DFM1 Three strains of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens; 7.5 × 10⁵ cfu/g of feed, Danisco Animal Nutrition.

²DFM2 Two strains of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and one strain of Bacillus subtilis; 1.5 × 10⁵ cfu/g of feed, Danisco Animal Nutrition.

³Enzymatically treated soybean meal; Hamlet Protein, Findlay, OH.

⁴Provided per kg of diet: 7,656 IU vitamin A, 875 IU vitamin D, 63 IU vitamin E, 4 mg vitamin K, 70 mg niacin, 34 mg pantothenic acid, 14 mg riboflavin, and 0.06 mg vitamin B_12.

⁵Provided per kg of diet: 165 mg Zn (zinc sulfate), 165 mg Fe (iron sulfate), 39 mg Mn (manganese sulfate), 17 mg Cu (copper sulfate), 0.3 mg I (calcium iodate), and 0.3 mg Se (sodium selenite).

⁶2,000 FTU/kg of feed provided 0.109% available P; AxtraPhy, Danisco Animal Nutrition.