Table 3.
Calculated nutrient contents (%) for diets in experiments 1 and 2.
| Nutrient | Starter experiment one1 |
Starter experiment 22 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Three-way medicated | Low-CP SBM3 | High-CP SBM4 | |
| CP | 26.60 | 26.53 | 25.86 | 25.79 |
| ME (kcal/kg) | 2,983.00 | 2,975.00 | 2,820.00 | 2,836.00 |
| Crude fat | 7.14 | 7.12 | 4.39 | 4.48 |
| Lysine | 1.82 | 1.81 | 1.74 | 1.74 |
| Methionine | 0.82 | 0.82 | 0.65 | 0.64 |
| Methionine + cysteine | 1.18 | 1.18 | 1.01 | 1.01 |
| Tryptophan | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.31 |
| Threonine | 1.08 | 1.08 | 1.03 | 1.01 |
| Arginine | 1.65 | 1.65 | 1.64 | 1.71 |
| Valine | 1.19 | 1.19 | 1.18 | 1.26 |
| Calcium | 1.45 | 1.45 | 1.52 | 1.51 |
| Available phosphorus | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0.75 | 0.76 |
| Sodium | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.19 |
| Chloride | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.19 | 0.20 |
1
AlphaStart ingredient composition information was not provided.
2
Two basal feeds were formulated with the 2 different sources of soybean meal, one with 48% CP and the other one with 60% CP.
3
Low-CP soybean meal, 48% CP.
4
High-CP soybean meal, 60% CP.