Table 1.
Ingredient and nutrient composition (g/kg) of the basal diets.
| Ingredients | Starter (day 0 to 11) |
Grower (day 11 to 28) |
Finisher (day 28 to 35) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corn | 250.0 | 208.8 | 200.0 |
| Soybean meal | 323.7 | 255.8 | 218.6 |
| Wheat | 286.1 | 364.6 | 365.9 |
| Peas | 50.0 | 100.0 | 139.4 |
| Corn gluten meal | 18.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Soybean oil | 14.4 | 11.3 | 17.3 |
| Lard | 19.4 | 28.6 | 34.1 |
| Limestone | 14.5 | 11.6 | 9.0 |
| Monocalcium phosphate | 7.6 | 4.3 | 1.3 |
| Salt | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| Sodium bicarbonate | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| L-Lysine-HCl | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| L-Threonine | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
| L-Valine | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Phytase | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| Premix 1 + coccidiostat 2 + NSP degrading enzyme | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Nutrient composition | |||
| AMEn (kcal/kg) | 2900 | 2975 | 3075 |
| Ash | 5.55 | 4.62 | 3.94 |
| Crude protein | 233.5 | 205.2 | 194.2 |
| Crude fibre | 23.4 | 24.4 | 25.1 |
| Starch (AM) | 349.4 | 385.8 | 396.5 |
| Crude fat (AH) | 60.0 | 64.5 | 75.6 |
| Calcium | 7.86 | 6.11 | 4.61 |
| Phosphorus | 5.39 | 4.47 | 3.72 |
| Sodium | 1.45 | 1.40 | 1.40 |
| Chloride | 3.15 | 2.49 | 2.42 |
| Potassium | 9.85 | 8.99 | 8.53 |
| DEB (mEq/kg) | 226 | 221 | 211 |
| Amino acids | |||
| Total Lysine-calculated | 14.1 | 12.0 | 11.2 |
| Total Lysine-analyzed 3 | 14.5 (103%) | 12.5 (104%) | 11.7 (104%) |
| Total Met + Cys–calculated | 7.1 | 6.2 | 5.8 |
| Total Met + Cys–analyzed 4 | 7.4 (101%) | 6.2 (100%) | 6.3 (108%) |
| Dig. Lysine 5 | 12.6 | 10.7 | 9.90 |
| Dig. Methionine+Cysteine | 6.2 | 5.4 | 5.1 |
| Dig. AA: Dig Lysine | |||
| Methionine | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| Methionine+Cysteine | 49 | 50 | 51 |
| Threonine | 65 | 65 | 65 |
| Tryptophan | 20 | 21 | 21 |
| Arginine | 106 | 111 | 114 |
| Isoleucine | 68 | 69 | 70 |
| Valine | 79 | 80 | 80 |
| Leucine | 132 | 127 | 129 |
| Glycine+Serine | 138 | 143 | 145 |
| Glycineequivalents 6 | 115 | 120 | 122 |
1 per kg of feed: Vitamin A 10,000 IE, Vitamin D3 2500 IE, Vitamin E 50 mg, Vitamin K3 1.5 mg, Vitamin B1 2.0 mg, Vitamin B2 7.5 mg, Vitamin B6 3.5 mg, Vitamin B12 20 μg, Niacin 35 mg, D-pantothenic acid 12 mg, Choline chloride 460 mg, Folate 1.0 mg, Biotin 0.2 mg, Iron 80 mg (265 mg FeSO4 H2O), Copper 12 mg (48 mg CuSO4 5H2O), Manganese 85 mg (140 mg MnO), Zinc 60 mg (165 mg ZnSO4 H2O), Iodine 0.8 mg (1.2 mg KJ), Selenium 0.15 mg (0.33 mg Na2SeO3). 2 Salinomycin, only in starter and grower diets. 3 Across all 16 experimental diets; in brackets: relative to calculated. 4 Basal treatment (in brackets: relative to calculated). 5 Digestible amino acids are based on apparent fecal digestibility. 6 Glycine equivalents = Glycine + 0.714 × Serine.