Table 2.

Ingredients and calculated composition of the experimental diets (%, as is)¹.

Item	Starter (0 to 14 d)			Grower (14 to 29 d)			Finisher (29 to 42 d)
	PC	NC1	NC2	PC	NC1	NC2	PC	NC1	NC2
Ingredients
Wheat	30.00	30.00	30.00	35.00	35.00	35.00	40.00	40.00	40.00
Corn	30.35	31.41	31.21	35.07	36.14	35.97	33.51	34.49	35.33
Soybean meal	33.38	33.19	33.49	23.79	23.60	23.85	20.71	20.60	19.89
Soya oil	3.21	2.33	2.40	2.85	1.98	2.04	2.93	2.07	1.98
Salt	0.27	0.28	0.27	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.30	0.30	0.30
Limestone	1.10	1.10	1.10	1.06	1.07	1.06	0.94	0.94	0.94
Monocalcium phosphate	0.62	0.62	0.62	0.61	0.61	0.60	0.45	0.45	0.46
Lysine HCl	0.20	0.21	0.15	0.36	0.36	0.31	0.30	0.30	0.28
dl-Methionine	0.34	0.34	0.31	0.32	0.32	0.28	0.28	0.27	0.26
Threonine	0.06	0.06	0.03	0.12	0.12	0.09	0.11	0.11	0.10
Valine	0.04	0.04	0.00	0.12	0.12	0.08	0.06	0.06	0.05
Vitamin & Mineral premix2	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.40
Phytase3	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
Calculated composition
AME, kcal/kg	3,050	3,000	3,000	3,100	3,050	3,050	3,125	3,075	3,075
Crude protein	22.50	22.50	22.50	19.00	19.00	19.00	17.79	17.81	17.50
Calcium	0.90	0.90	0.90	0.84	0.84	0.84	0.76	0.76	0.76
Total P	0.71	0.72	0.72	0.65	0.65	0.65	0.60	0.60	0.60
Non-phytic P	0.47	0.47	0.47	0.42	0.42	0.42	0.38	0.38	0.37
Available P	0.45	0.45	0.45	0.42	0.42	0.42	0.38	0.38	0.38
Dig. Met + Cys	0.89	0.89	0.86	0.80	0.80	0.77	0.74	0.74	0.72
Dig. Lys	1.22	1.22	1.18	1.10	1.10	1.07	0.98	0.98	0.95
Dig. Tryp	0.24	0.24	0.24	0.19	0.19	0.19	0.18	0.18	0.18
Dig. Thr	0.77	0.77	0.74	0.69	0.69	0.67	0.64	0.64	0.62
Dig. Val	0.94	0.94	0.91	0.85	0.85	0.82	0.75	0.75	0.73
Sodium	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.16
Chlorine	0.26	0.26	0.25	0.30	0.31	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30

¹Diets: PC, positive control diet; NC1, negative control 1, with a 50 kcal/kg apparent metabolizable energy (AME) reduction; NC2, negative control 2, with a 50 kcal/kg AME reduction and reducing amino acids by 3%.

²Provided the following per kilogram of feed: vitamin A (E 672), 10,000 IU; vitamin D₃ (E 671), 2,000 IU; vitamin E (a-tocopherol), 30.0 mg; vitamin K₃, 2.0 mg; vitamin B₁, 1.0 mg; vitamin B₂, 5.0 mg; vitamin B₆, 3.0 mg; vitamin B₁₂, 12.0 μg; nicotinic acid, 40.0 mg; calcium pantothenate, 10.0 mg; folic acid, 1.0 mg; biotin, 0.1 mg; choline chloride, 400 mg; Cu (CuSO₄·5H₂O), 8.0 mg; Fe (FeCO₃), 60.0 mg; I (IK), 2.0 mg; Mn (MnO), 70.0 mg; Se (Na₂SeO₃), 0.15 mg; Zn (ZnO), 32.0 mg.

³Quantum Blue 5G, AB Vista.