Table 1.
Ingredient composition, and energy and nutrient content of the experimental basal diet.
| Item | Grower-finisher diet (from 22 to 37 d) |
|---|---|
| Ingredients (%) | |
| Wheat | 44.00 |
| Soybean meal 48% CP | 27.25 |
| Barley | 18.58 |
| Experimental fats1 | 6.00 |
| Calcium carbonate | 1.39 |
| Sodium chloride | 0.35 |
| Monocalcium phosphate | 1.20 |
| Vitamin and mineral premix2 | 0.40 |
| DL-Methionine | 0.17 |
| L-Lysine | 0.12 |
| L-Threonine | 0.02 |
| Titanium oxide | 0.50 |
| Ethoxyquin 66% | 0.02 |
| Calculated energy and nutrient contents (%) | |
| AMEn3 (kcal/kg) | 3,075 |
| Crude protein | 20.30 |
| Calcium | 0.90 |
| Sodium | 0.15 |
| Available phosphorus | 0.40 |
| Digestible Lys | 1.10 |
| Digestible Met | 0.47 |
| Digestible Met + Cys | 0.83 |
| Digestible Thr | 0.74 |
| Digestible Trp | 0.25 |
1
Crude soybean oil, crude palm oil, acid soybean oil from chemical refining or palm fatty acid distillate from physical refining.
2
Provides per kg of feed: vitamin A (from retinol), 10,000 IU; vitamin D3 (from cholecalciferol), 4,800 IU; vitamin E (from alfa-tocopherol), 49.5 IU; vitamin B1, 3 mg; vitamin B2, 9 mg; vitamin B6, 4.5 mg; vitamin B12, 16.5 µg; vitamin K3, 3 mg; calcium pantothenate, 16.5 mg; nicotinic acid, 51 mg; folic acid, 1.8 mg; biotin, 30 µg; Fe (from FeSO4·7H2O), 54 mg; I (from Ca(I2O3)2), 1.2 mg; Cu (from CuSO4·5H2O), 12 mg; Mn (from MnO), 90 mg; Zn (from ZnO), 66 mg; Se (from Na2SeO3), 0.18 mg; Mo (from (NH4)6Mo7O24), 1.2 mg.