Table 3.
Composition and analyzed nutrient levels of the test diets.
| Items | Test diets |
Ingredient DM (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corn 1 | Corn 2 | ||
| Ingredient (%, as is) | |||
| Reference diet | 50.0 | 50.0 | 87.1 |
| Corn 1 | 50.0 | - | 86.9 |
| Corn 2 | - | 50.0 | 86.6 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
| Calculated composition | |||
| Dry matter (%) | 87.1 | 86.8 | |
| Analyzed composition1 | |||
| Dry matter (%) | 86.6 ± 0.42 | 86.3 ± 0.34 | |
| Crude protein (%) | 12.1 ± 0.37 | 12.2 ± 0.32 | |
| Gross energy (kcal/kg) | 3,662 ± 8.97 | 3,702 ± 14.1 | |
| Ingredients (%, DM) | |||
| Reference diet | 50.1 | 50.1 | |
| Corn 1 | 49.9 | - | |
| Corn 2 | - | 49.9 | |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
1
Values are means ± SE (n = 3).