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. 2021 Mar 23;99(5):skab090. doi: 10.1093/jas/skab090

Table 1.

Phase 1 diet composition, experiment 1 (as-fed basis)1

Control, 21% CP CP (%) with CWB
Added ZnO No added ZnO 21 19.5 18 16.5
Ingredient, %
 Corn 44.35 44.80 41.45 45.40 48.90 52.30
 Soybean meal, 46.5% CP 18.10 18.10 17.45 13.45 9.75 5.45
 Dried whey 25.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 25.00
 Fishmeal 4.50 4.50 4.50 4.50 4.50 4.50
 CWB 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00
 Enzymatically treated soybean meal2 3.75 3.75 3.75 3.75 3.75 3.75
 Soybean oil 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50
 Calcium carbonate 0.25 0.25 0.30 0.30 0.35 0.35
 Monocalcium phosphate, 21% P 0.30 0.30 0.20 0.25 0.30 0.35
 Salt 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.33 0.33
l-Lysine 0.43 0.43 0.44 0.47 0.49 0.56
 dl-Methionine 0.23 0.23 0.22 0.21 0.20 0.21
l-Threonine 0.21 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.21 0.24
l-Tryptophan 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.10
l-Valine 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.15 0.17 0.20
l-Isoleucine --- --- --- --- --- 0.05
 Trace mineral premix3 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15
 Vitamin premix4 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25
 Phytase5 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08
 Zinc oxide 0.40 --- --- --- --- ---
 Total 100 100 100 100 100 100
Calculated analysis
Standardized digestible (SID) amino acids, %
 Lysine 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.33 1.25 1.20
 Isoleucine:lysine 56 56 56 54 52 52
 Leucine:lysine 109 110 108 107 106 102
 Methionine:lysine 38 38 37 37 38 38
 Methionine and cysteine:lysine 58 58 58 58 58 58
 Threonine:lysine 65 64 64 64 64 64
 Tryptophan:lysine 21.0 21.0 21.1 21.0 21.0 21.1
 Valine:lysine 70 70 70 70 70 70
Total lysine, % 1.54 1.54 1.54 1.45 1.37 1.31
Metabolizable energy, kcal/kg 3,421 3,434 3,392 3,397 3,397 3,403
Net energy kcal/kg 2,578 2,589 2,552 2,574 2,594 2,620
SID lysine:net energy, g/Mcal 5.42 5.40 5.47 5.13 4.81 4.57
CP, % 21.0 21.0 21.0 19.5 18.0 16.5
Calcium, % 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.66 0.66
Phosphorus, % 0.64 0.64 0.65 0.64 0.63 0.63
Available phosphorus, % 0.55 0.55 0.54 0.55 0.55 0.56
STTD P, %6 0.56 0.56 0.56 0.56 0.56 0.56

1Phase 1 diets were fed from days 0 to 7 (~5.6 to 6.7 kg).

2HP 300 (Hamlet Protein, Findlay, OH).

3Provided per kilogram of premix: 73 g Zn from Zn sulfate; 73 g Fe from iron sulfate; 22 g Mn from manganese oxide; 11 g Cu from copper sulfate; 0.2 g I from calcium iodate; 0.2 g Se from sodium selenite.

4Provided per kilogram of premix: 3,527,399 IU vitamin A; 881,850 IU vitamin D; 17,637 IU vitamin E; 1,764 mg vitamin K; 15.4 mg vitamin B12; 33,069 mg niacin; 11,023 mg pantothenic acid; 3,307 mg riboflavin.

5HiPhos 2700 (DSM Nutritional Products, Parsippany, NJ) provided an estimated release of 0.10% STTD P.

6Standardized total tract digestible phosphorus.