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. 2020 Sep 12;99(12):6859–6866. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.09.004

Table 2.

Experimental diets (%, as-fed basis, unless otherwise indicated) during the 3 feeding phases (day 0–36 of age).

Starter (Day 0–14 of age) Grower (Day 14–28 of age) Finisher (Day 28–36 of age)
Protein digestion rate
Rapidly
Slowly
Rapidly
Slowly
Rapidly
Slowly
Dietary fiber source OH1 SBP2 OH SBP OH SBP OH SBP OH SBP OH SBP
Ingredient, %
 Corn 20.55 32.93 44.15 39.29 24.78 12.37 27.61 30.43 19.79 22.19 50.79 51.24
 Wheat 31.45 20.00 10.00 16.03 31.85 45.36 30.61 27.91 40.81 38.56 10.00 10.00
 Soybean meal, dehulled 48% CP 34.09 36.49 20.74 19.12 32.65 29.68 17.46 17.61 29.21 29.26 18.41 18.00
 Rapeseed meal 2.30 7.50 7.50 7.50 7.50 7.50 7.50
 Soy protein concentrate 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 4.17 4.28
 Corn gluten meal 0.23 2.88 3.42 1.86 1.45 1.39
 Oats hulls 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00
 Sugar beet pulp 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00
 Soybean oil 5.00 4.21 3.35 3.25 4.99 5.00 4.66 4.52 4.90 4.76 3.92 3.81
 Dicalcium phosphate 1.05 1.08 1.04 1.04 0.47 0.46 0.41 0.42 0.20 0.20 0.18 0.18
 Calcium carbonate 1.00 0.97 0.98 0.94 1.02 0.99 0.98 0.93 0.88 0.84 0.81 0.77
 Sodium bicarbonate 0.24 0.22 0.30 0.30 0.19 0.20 0.25 0.24 0.19 0.18 0.23 0.22
 Salt 0.18 0.18 0.14 0.13 0.19 0.17 0.15 0.15 0.19 0.19 0.17 0.16
 DL-methionine 99% 0.27 0.28 0.22 0.22 0.24 0.22 0.21 0.21 0.22 0.22 0.20 0.20
 L-Lysine HCl 98% 0.20 0.17 0.27 0.31 0.17 0.23 0.25 0.25 0.16 0.16 0.19 0.19
 L-Threonine min. 98% 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.03
 Nonstarch polysaccharide enzyme3 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05
 Phytase 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
 Vitamin and mineral premix4 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35
1

Oat hulls.

2

Sugar beet pulp.

3

Commercially available enzyme that provided 500 units of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase.

4

Provided the following (per kilogram of diet): 10,000-IU vitamin A (trans-retinyl acetate), 2,500-IU vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), 50-IU vitamin E (all-rac-tocopherol-acetate), 2.0-mg vitamin B1 (thiamine-mononitrate), 6-mg vitamin B2 (riboflavin), 40-mg niacin, 490-mg vitamin B4 choline cl 70%, 4.0-mg vitamin B6 (pyridoxine HCl), 25-mcg vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin), 2.0-mg vitamin K3 (bisulfate menadione complex), 10-mg pantothenic acid (d-Ca pantothenate), 1.0-mg folic acid, 150-mcg d-biotin, 0.25 mg Se (Na2SeO3),1.0-mg I, 15-mg Cu (CuSO4·5H2O), 67.7-mg Fe (FeSO4·7H2O), 90-mg Mn (MnSO4·H2O), 80-mg Zn (ZnO), (supplied by Trouw Nutrition, St. Mary's Ontario Canada), 500-mg Salinomycin sodium 12%.