Table 1.
Ingredient composition (w/w% as-fed) of wheat-based and maize-based diets for the starter (day 0 to 10), grower (day 10 to 20), and finisher (day 20 to 28) phases.
| Ingredient (%) | Wheat-Based | Maize-Based | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | Grower | Finisher | Starter | Grower | Finisher | |
| Wheat | 49.4 | 58.8 | 65.9 | - | - | - |
| Maize | 10.0 | 5.0 | - | 57.3 | 59.6 | 59.1 |
| Soybean Meal 48CP 1 | 24.4 | 19.5 | 17.0 | 27.2 | 24.3 | 24.3 |
| Toasted Soybeans | 10.0 | 10.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 8.0 |
| Soybean Oil | 1.4 | 2.4 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 3.9 |
| Monocalcium phosphate | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| Limestone | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| DL-Methionine | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| L-Lysine HCl | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Salt | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Na-Bicarbonate | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| L-Threonine | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| L-Valine | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Coccidiostat | Sacox 2 | Sacox | - | Sacox | Sacox | - |
| Premix Article 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Diamol 4 | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | 1.0 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
1 CP: Crude protein. 2 Provided by Huvepharma NV, Berchem, Belgium. 3 Providing per kg of diet: vitamin A (retinyl acetate), 10,000 IU; vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), 2500 IU; vitamin E (dl-α-tocopherol acetate), 50 mg; vitamin K3 (menadione), 1.5 mg; vitamin B1 (thiamine), 2.0 mg; vitamin B2 (riboflavin), 7.5 mg; niacin, 35 mg; D-pantothenic acid, 12 mg; vitamin B6 (pyridoxine-HCl), 3.5 mg; vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamine), 20 µg; folic acid, 1.0 mg; biotin, 0.2 mg; choline chloride, 460 mg; Fe (FeSO4.H2O), 80 mg; Cu (CuSO4.5H2O), 12 mg; Zn (ZnO), 60 mg; Mn (MnO), 85; I (Ca(IO3)2), 0.8 mg; Co (Co2CO3(OH)2), 0.77 mg; Se (Na2O3Se), 0.15 mg. 4 Used as acid-insoluble ash (AIA) digestibility marker.