Table 1.
Diet composition in experiments 1 and 2.
| Ingredient (%) | Starter experiment one1 |
Starter experiment 22 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Three-way Medicated2 |
Low-CP SBM3 | High-CP SBM4 | |
| Corn | 35.00 | 34.90 | 44.87 | 47.50 |
| Wheat | 10.00 | 9.97 | 2.50 | 3.00 |
| Wheat middlings | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 6.00 |
| Soybean meal | 43.00 | 42.88 | 42.00 | 34.00 |
| Soybean oil | 5.00 | 4.99 | 2.00 | 2.03 |
| Calcium carbonate | 2.20 | 2.19 | 2.30 | 2.30 |
| Monocalcium phosphate | 2.55 | 2.54 | 3.30 | 3.30 |
| Salt | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.23 | 0.23 |
| Mineral mix5,6 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.20 | 0.20 |
| Vitamin mix7 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 |
| Selenium mix | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Choline chloride | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 |
| Lysine8 | 0.61 | 0.61 | 0.54 | 0.40 |
| Methionine9 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.32 | 0.30 |
| Sodium bicarbonate | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.25 | 0.25 |
| Threonine8 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.10 | 0.10 |
| Quantum Blue 5G | 0.01 | 0.01 | - | - |
| Amprolium1 | - | 0.05 | - | - |
| Penicillin1 | - | 0.104 | - | - |
| BMD 601;10 | - | 0.104 | - | - |
| Ingredient total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Abbreviation: SBM, soybean meal.
AlphaStart ingredient composition information was not provided.
Two basal feeds were formulated with the 2 different sources of soybean meal, one with 48% CP and the other one with 60% CP.
High-CP soybean meal, 60% CP.
Low-CP soybean meal, 48% CP.
In experiment 1, the mineral premix provided the following per kg of diet: manganese, 90 mg; zinc, 90 mg; iron, 60 mg; copper, 7.5 mg; iodine, 1.9 mg; cobalt, 0.75 mg.
In experiment 2, the mineral premix provided the following per kg of diet: manganese, 120 mg; zinc, 120 mg; iron, 80 mg; copper, 10 mg; iodine, 2.5 mg; cobalt, 1 mg.
Donated by DSM Nutritional Products; vitamin premix provided the following per kg of diet: vitamin A, 19,841 IU; vitamin D3, 5952 IU; vitamin E, 99 IU; vitamin B12, 0.06 mg; biotin, 0.38 mg; menadione, 6 mg; thiamine, 6 mg; riboflavin, 20 mg; pantothenic acid, 33 mg; vitamin B6, 12 mg; niacin, 165 mg; folic acid, 3 mg.
Ajinomoto North America.
Evonik North America.
Bacitracin Methylene Disalicylate (BMD) 60 g per pound of feed.