Table 1.
Composition of experimental diets (g/kg as fed).
| Ingredient | Starter (Day 1 to 10 of Life) |
Grower (Day 11 to 24 of Life) |
Finisher (Day 25 to 37 of Life) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Wheat Bran | C | Wheat Bran | C | Wheat Bran | |
| Maize | 466 | 434 | 534 | 469 | 589 | 524 |
| Wheat bran | 0 | 30 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 60 |
| ESM | 338 | 333 | 361 | 352 | 310 | 300 |
| Sunflower oil | 63 | 70 | 62 | 76 | 60 | 74 |
| Limestone | 19 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Sunflower meal | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MCP | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
| L-LYS HCL | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| DL-MET | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| L-THR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Val | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NaCl | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| NaHCO3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Premix 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| Phytase 2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| NSP enzyme 3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Total | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 |
Abbreviations: C—control; ESM—extracted soybean meal; MCP—monocalcium phosphate; LYS—lysine; MET—methionine; THR—threonine; VAL—valine. 1 Premix was supplied by UBM Ltd. (Pilisvörösvár, Hungary). The active ingredients contained in the premix were as follows (per kg of diet): Starter and grower premixes—retinyl acetate—5.0 mg, cholecalciferol—130 µg, dl-alpha-tocopherol-acetate—91 mg, menadione—2.2 mg, thiamin—4.5 mg, riboflavin—10.5 mg, pyridoxin HCL—7.5 mg, cyanocobalamin—80 µg, niacin—41.5 mg, pantothenic acid—15 mg, folic acid—1.3 mg, biotin—150 µg, betaine—670 mg, monensin-Na—110 mg (only grower), narasin—50 mg (only starter), nicarbazin—50 mg (only starter), antioxidant—25 mg, Zn (as ZnSO4·H2O)—125 mg, Cu (as CuSO4·5H2O)—20 mg, Fe (as FeSO4·H2O)—75 mg, Mn (as MnO)—125 mg, I (as KI)—1.35 mg, Se (as Na2SeO3)—270 µg; Finisher premix—retinyl acetate—3.4 mg, cholecalciferol—97 µg, dl-alpha-tocopherol-acetate—45.5 mg, menadione—2.7 mg, thiamin—1.9 mg, riboflavin—5.0 mg, pyridoxin HCL—3.2 mg, cyanocobalamin—19 µg, niacin—28.5 mg, pantothenic acid—10 mg, folic acid—1.3 mg, biotin—140 µg, L-ascorbic acid—40 mg, betaine—193 mg, antioxidant—25 mg, Zn (as ZnSO4·H2O)—96 mg, Cu—9.6 mg, Fe (as FeSO4·H2O)—29 mg, Mn (as MnO)—29 mg, I (as KI)—1.2 mg, Se (as Na2SeO3)—350 µg. 2 Phytase was Quantum Blue® (AB Vista, Marlborough, UK). 3 NSP enzyme was Econase XT® (AB Vista, Marlborough, UK).