Table 1.
Ingredients and nutrient content of basal diets (%, as-fed basis).
| Item | High sNSP | Low sNSP |
|---|---|---|
| Ingredients | ||
| Wheat | 37.15 | 36.00 |
| Corn | 3.34 | 15.00 |
| Barley | 15.00 | 3.00 |
| Millrun | 8.00 | 8.00 |
| Soybean meal | 12.77 | 17.78 |
| Canola solvent | 8.00 | 4.13 |
| Meat and bone meal | 0 | 0.455 |
| Canola oil | 4.65 | 3.97 |
| Limestone | 8.99 | 9.38 |
| Di-calcium phosphate | 0.85 | 1.07 |
| Phytase1 | 0.010 | 0.010 |
| Salt | 0.171 | 0.186 |
| Sodium bicarbonate | 0.118 | 0.132 |
| TiO2 | 0.500 | 0.500 |
| Premix2 | 0.100 | 0.100 |
| Choline chloride | 0.040 | 0.042 |
| l-Lysine HCl | 0.118 | 0.049 |
| dl-Methionine | 0.166 | 0.161 |
| l-Threonine | 0.016 | 0 |
| Jabiru red | 0.004 | 0.004 |
| Jabiru yellow | 0.003 | 0.003 |
| Calculated nutrient content | ||
| Dry matter | 92.73 | 92.66 |
| Metabolizable energy, kcal/kg | 2,792 | 2,800 |
| Crude fat | 6.42 | 5.84 |
| Crude fibre | 2.65 | 2.43 |
| Calcium | 3.89 | 4.10 |
| Available phosphorus | 0.40 | 0.45 |
| Digestible lysine | 0.732 | 0.732 |
| Digestible methionine + cysteine | 0.665 | 0.665 |
| Digestible threonine | 0.511 | 0.523 |
| Digestible tryptophan | 0.213 | 0.213 |
| Assayed nutrient content | ||
| Dry matter | 91.98 | 92.35 |
| Crude protein | 17.23 | 17.63 |
| Ash | 11.43 | 13.49 |
| sNSP | 1.34 | 1.12 |
| iNSP | 8.03 | 7.89 |
| Total NSP | 9.37 | 9.01 |
sNSP = soluble non-starch polysaccharide; iNSP = insoluble non-starch polysaccharide.
1
Equivalent to the supplemental dose of 500 FTU/kg of feed (Quantum blue 5G, AB Vista, UK).
2
Provided the following per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 10.00 MIU; vitamin D, 3 MIU; vitamin E, 20 mg; vitamin K, 3 mg; nicotinic acid, 35 mg; pantothenic acid, 12 mg; folic acid, 1.0 mg; riboflavin, 6.0 mg; vitamin B12, 0.02 g; biotin, 0.1 g; pyridoxine B6, 5 g; thiamine B1, 2 g; Cu, 8 g; Co, 0.2 g; Mo, 0.5 g; I, 1.0 g; Se, 0.3 g; Fe, 60 g; Zn, 60 g; Mn, 90 g; antioxidant, 20 g.