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. 2020 Nov 14;98(12):skaa363. doi: 10.1093/jas/skaa363

Table 2.

Grow-finish diet composition (as-fed basis)1

Item Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 Phase 5 Phase 6
Ingredients, %
 Corn 48.33 54.45 59.93 61.29 65.34 84.73
 Soybean meal, 46.5% CP2 18.60 12.65 7.40 6.25 7.35 13.04
 DDGS2 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 25.00
 Calcium carbonate 1.20 1.15 1.10 1.10 1.05 0.80
 Monocalcium P, 21% P 0.15 0.10 0.15
 Salt 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50
l-Lysine-HCl 0.58 0.58 0.55 0.45 0.40 0.34
dl-Methionine 0.06 0.03 0.03
l-Threonine 0.12 0.11 0.09 0.06 0.06 0.13
l-Tryptophan 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.03
 Phytase3 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.17
 Mineral–vitamin premix4 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.15 0.10 0.10
 Copper sulfate 0.03 0.03 0.03
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100
Calculated analysis
Standardized ileal digestible (SID) amino acids, %
 Lysine 1.16 1.02 0.88 0.77 0.74 0.76
 Isoleucine:lysine 60 59 58 64 65 57
 Leucine:lysine 154 162 176 197 195 147
 Methionine:lysine 33 32 31 35 34 30
 Methionine + cysteine:lysine 58 58 59 66 66 57
 Threonine:lysine 62 62 62 65 66 67
 Tryptophan:lysine 18.2 19.1 18.4 19.6 19.7 19.3
 Valine:lysine 70 71 73 80 81 67
 SID lysine:net energy, g/Mcal 4.66 4.07 3.49 3.06 2.93 2.90
 Net energy, kcal/kg 2,489 2,504 2,517 2,521 2,536 2,605
 Ca, % 0.60 0.55 0.50 0.49 0.47 0.40
 STTD P5, % 0.40 0.37 0.34 0.33 0.32 0.26

1Phases 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 were fed from 20 to 30, 30 to 45, 45 to 60, 60 to 85, 85 to 100, and 100 to 135 kg, respectively.

2CP, crude protein; DDGS, dried distillers grains with solubles.

3Provided 627 phytase units FTU per gram of phytase.

4Provided per kilogram of premix: 30.9 g Zn, 30.9 g Fe, 3.1 g Cu, 160.3 mg I, 3.3 g Mn, 120.2 mg Se, 14,991 mg niacin, 6,613 mg pantothenic acid, 1,984 mg riboflavin, 1,543,220 IU vitamin A, 440,920 IU vitamin D, 8,046 IU vitamin E, 881,8 mg vitamin K, and 7.9 mg vitamin B12.

5Standardized total tract digestible P.