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

Table 2.

Phase 2 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 55.65 55.90 52.75 56.55 60.40 64.35
 Soybean meal, 46.5% CP 30.20 30.15 29.35 25.30 21.30 17.00
 Dried whey 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00
 CWB 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00
 Calcium carbonate 0.93 0.93 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.98
 Monocalcium phosphate, 21% P 0.90 0.90 0.80 0.85 0.90 1.00
 Salt 0.55 0.55 0.55 0.55 0.58 0.58
l-Lysine 0.47 0.47 0.48 0.58 0.61 0.68
dl-Methionine 0.22 0.22 0.21 0.23 0.23 0.23
l-Threonine 0.20 0.21 0.21 0.25 0.26 0.28
l-Tryptophan 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.08 0.08 0.10
l-Valine 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.18 0.20 0.23
l-Isoleucine 0.03 0.08
 Trace mineral premix2 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15
 Vitamin premix3 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25
 Phytase4 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08
 Zinc oxide 0.27
 Total 100 100 100 100 100 100
Calculated analysis
Standardized digestible (SID) amino acids, %
 Lysine 1.35 1.35 1.35 1.33 1.25 1.20
 Isoleucine:lysine 57 57 56 52 52 52
 Leucine:lysine 114 114 112 106 105 101
 Methionine:lysine 37 37 36 37 37 37
 Methionine and cysteine:lysine 58 58 58 58 58 58
 Threonine:lysine 64 64 64 64 64 64
 Tryptophan:lysine 21.2 21.2 21.3 21.1 21.0 21.1
 Valine:lysine 70 70 70 70 70 70
Total lysine, % 1.49 1.49 1.49 1.45 1.37 1.31
Metabolizable energy, kcal/kg 3,267 3,276 3,236 3,243 3,245 3,249
Net energy, kcal/kg 2,420 2,429 2,394 2,418 2,440 2,464
SID lysine:net energy, g/Mcal 5.57 5.55 5.63 5.47 5.11 4.86
CP, % 21.0 21.0 21.0 19.5 18.0 16.5
Calcium, % 0.75 0.75 0.76 0.75 0.75 0.75
Phosphorus, % 0.62 0.62 0.63 0.62 0.61 0.61
Available phosphorus, % 0.47 0.47 0.46 0.46 0.47 0.48
STTD P, %5 0.51 0.51 0.51 0.51 0.51 0.51

1Phase 2 diets were fed from days 7 to 21 (~6.7 to 10.9 kg).

2Provided 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.

3Provided 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.

4HiPhos 2700 (DSM Nutritional Products, Parsippany, NJ) provided an estimated release of 0.10% STTD P.

5Standardized total tract digestible phosphorus.