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. 2021 May 19;99(7):skab159. doi: 10.1093/jas/skab159

Table 1.

Ingredient and nutrient composition (as-fed) of experimental diets fed during metabolism study1

Item Treatment2
LF HF HF + XY HF + AX
Ingredient composition, %
 Corn 75.996 45.975 45.965 45.970
 Corn bran without solubles 0.000 30.000 30.000 30.000
 Soybean meal, 46.5% 20.566 20.566 20.566 20.566
 Limestone 1.182 1.159 1.159 1.159
 Monocalcium phosphate 21% 0.504 0.593 0.593 0.593
 Sodium chloride 0.500 0.500 0.500 0.500
 Cr2O3 0.500 0.500 0.500 0.500
 L-lysine HCl 0.295 0.267 0.267 0.267
 Trace mineral premix3 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.200
 Vitamin premix4 0.140 0.140 0.140 0.140
 L-threonine 0.067 0.054 0.054 0.054
 DL-methionine 0.043 0.041 0.041 0.041
 Phytase5 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.005
 Xylanase6 0.000 0.000 0.010 0.000
 AXOS7 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.005
Calculated nutrients, %
 Standard ileal digestible lysine, % 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.92
 Standard ileal digestible TSAA8:lysine 0.56 0.56 0.56 0.56
 Standard ileal digestible threonine:lysine 0.61 0.61 0.61 0.61
 Standard ileal digestible trpytophan:lysine 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.17
 Calcium, % 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63
 Standardized total tract digestible phosphorus, % 0.31 0.31 0.31 0.31
 Metabolizable energy Mcal/kg 3.26 3.02 3.02 3.02
 Net energy, Mcal/kg 2.46 2.26 2.26 2.26
Analyzed composition, %
 DM 89.12 89.81 89.98 90.15
 Starch 41.08 23.55 23.70 23.11
 CP 15.56 15.54 15.47 15.60
 NDF 7.54 21.91 22.12 22.08
 ADF 2.41 5.53 5.78 5.59
 aEE9 2.48 2.74 2.82 2.89
 Cr2O3 0.49 0.49 0.49 0.49

1Adapted from Petry et al. (2020b).

2Treatments include: LF, basal corn-soybean diet; HF, basal corn-soybean diet with 30% corn bran at the expense of corn; HF with the addition of xylanase (HF + XY); HF with the addition of AXOS (HF + AX).

3Mineral premix provided the following (per kg diet): 165 mg of Fe (ferrous sulfate); 165 mg of Zn (zinc sulfate); 39 mg of Mn (manganese sulfate); 16.5 mg of Cu (copper sulfate); 0.3 mg of I (calcium iodate); 0.3 mg of Se (sodium selenite).

4Vitamin premix provided the following (per kg diet): 6,125 IU of vitamin A; 700 IU of vitamin D3; 50 IU of vitamin E; 3 mg of menadione (to provide vitamin K); 11 mg of riboflavin; 27 mg of d-pantothenic acid; 0.05mg of vitamin B12; and 56 mg of niacin.

5Quantum Blue 5G, AB Vista, Marlborough, UK.

6Econase XT 25P, AB Vista, Marlborough, UK; inclusion level provided 16,000 birch xylan units per kg.

7XOS 35A; Shandong Longlive Biotechnology, Shandong, China; 3–7 degrees of polymerization.

8TSAA, total sulfur amino acids (Met + Cys).

9aEE, acid-hydrolyzed ether extract.