Table 1.
Feed ingredients and nutrient composition of the post-weaning experimental diets.
| Ingredients (% as Fed) | Dietary Treatment | |
|---|---|---|
| CON | TRT | |
| Wheat meal | 33.80 | 33.60 |
| Corn meal | 24.00 | 24.00 |
| Soybean meal, 44% CP | 22.10 | 22.10 |
| Wheat bran | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| Soy protein concentrate 1 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Soy oil | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Dicalcium phosphate, 18% | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Animal fat | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Calcium carbonate, 37% | 0.80 | 0.80 |
| L-Lysine HCl, 78% | 0.30 | 0.30 |
| Sodium chloride | 0.30 | 0.30 |
| Vitamin premix 2 | 0.30 | 0.30 |
| Mannan oligosaccharides 3 | - | 0.20 |
| L-Threonine, 98% | 0.15 | 0.15 |
| DL-Methionine, 98% | 0.10 | 0.10 |
| Sweetener 4 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Triptophane, 98% | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Flavour 5 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Chemical composition 6,7 (% DM) | ||
| Moisture | 11.50 | 11.42 |
| Crude protein | 22.33 | 22.11 |
| Ether Extract | 4.82 | 4.90 |
| Crude Fiber | 3.15 | 2.97 |
| Ash | 6.10 | 7.01 |
| Ca | 0.76 | 0.75 |
| Total P | 0.71 | 0.70 |
| Lysine | 1.42 | 1.44 |
| Methionine | 0.51 | 0.50 |
| ME (Mcal/kg) | 3.82 | 3.78 |
1 The soy protein concentrate contained 650 g/kg of CP, 65 g/kg of Lys and 70 g/kg of crude fat. 2 Provided per kg of complete diet: vitamin A, 10 000 IU; vitamin D3, 1 000 IU; vitamin E, 50 mg; vitamin B1 1.0 mg; vitamin B2 3.0 mg; vitamin B6 3.0 mg; vitamin B12, 0.03 mg; riboflavin, 9 mg; pantothenic acid, 14 mg; nicotinic acid, 15 mg; biotin, 0.06 mg; vitamin PP, 0.35 mg; folic acid, 0.97 mg; vitamin K3, 3 mg; choline, 300 mg; Fe, 100 mg; Cu, 20 mg; Co, 0.75 mg; Zn, 100 mg; Mn, 10 mg; I, 0.85 mg; Se, 0.4 mg; ethoxyquin, 150 mg. 3 AgriMOS®, Lallemand SAS, Blagnac, France. 4 Dextrose monohydrate, Rouquette, France. 5 Luctarom SFS, Feedland Group, Moscow, Russia. 6 Calcium, total phosphorus and metabolizable energy (ME) contents in the diet were calculated by INRA-CIRAD-AFZ feed tables. 7 Lysine and methionine content were calculated by AMINODat 4.0 (Evonik Nutrition & Care GmbH, Essen, Germany).