Table 1.
Ingredients and nutrient content of experimental diets
| Ingredients | kg/t |
|---|---|
| Corn | 708.38 |
| Soybean meal (44%CP) | 160.00 |
| Fish meal (65%CP) | 30.00 |
| Soybean oil | 13.00 |
| Wheat bran | 33.40 |
| Corn starch | 27.42 |
| L-Lysine sulfate, (98.5%) | 1.20 |
| DL-Methionine, (99.0%) | 0.10 |
| Limestone | 6.00 |
| Calcium phosphate (dibasic) | 11.00 |
| Sodium chloride (feed-grade, 99%) | 4.00 |
| Choline chloride (50%) | 1.50 |
| Premixa | 4.00 |
| Total | 1000.00 |
| Calculated nutrient levelsb | |
| Digestible energy, Mcal/kg | 3.38 |
| Crude protein, % | 15.76 |
| Calcium, % | 0.67 |
| Total phosphorus, % | 0.60 |
| STTD phosphorus, % | 0.38 |
| SID-Lysine | 0.80 |
| SID-(Met+Cys) | 0.45 |
| SID-Threonine | 0.48 |
| SID-Tryptophan | 0.15 |
aProvided per kg of diet: Cu, 20 mg as copper sulfate; Fe, 80 mg as ferrous sulfate; Zn, 100 mg as zinc sulfate; Mn, 25 mg as manganese sulfate; Se, 0.15 mg as sodium selenite; I, 0.14 mg as potassium iodide, vitamin A, 4000 IU; vitamin D3, 800 IU; vitamin E, 441 IU; menadione, 0.5 mg; thiamine, 1.0 mg; riboflavin, 3.75 mg; vitamin B6, 1.0 mg; vitamin B12, 15 μg niacin, 10 mg; D-pantothenic acid, 12 mg; folic acid, 1.3 mg; D-biotin, 200 μg
bCalculated values based on China Feed Information Database 2013