Table 4.
Chemical analysis of diets (as-fed basis) 1,2.
| Analyzed Fumonisin Concentration, mg/kg | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item, % | 7.2 | 14.7 | 21.9 | 32.7 | 35.1 |
| Dry matter | 87.54 | 87.56 | 87.72 | 87.92 | 88.14 |
| Crude protein | 19.3 | 19.3 | 19.8 | 19.7 | 19.8 |
| Ca | 0.73 | 0.65 | 0.57 | 0.67 | 0.63 |
| P | 0.51 | 0.49 | 0.50 | 0.51 | 0.53 |
| Neutral detergent fiber | 6.5 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.3 |
| Ether extract | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.1 |
1 A representative sample of each diet was collected from every fifth bag of feed manufactured for each treatment, homogenized, and submitted for proximate analysis (Ward Laboratories, Inc., Kearney, NE). 2 Diet mycotoxin concentration was analyzed at North Dakota State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (Fargo, ND) by LC/MS/MS assay. All mycotoxins except fumonisin were below detectable level.