Table 8.
Ingredient composition and nutrient content of basal diets (g/100 g, as-fed basis) fed to turkeys.
| Item | Feeding period, weeks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–4 | 5–8 | 9–12 | 13–16 | |
| Ingredients | ||||
| Wheat | 56.454 | 56.576 | 64.037 | 64.472 |
| Maize | – | – | – | 10.000 |
| Soybean meal, 48% CP | 25.380 | 27.722 | 21.121 | 9.324 |
| Rapeseed meal | 4.566 | 5.000 | 6.000 | 7.000 |
| Potato protein | 5.000 | – | – | – |
| Soybean oil | 0.892 | 3.088 | 4.725 | 4.371 |
| Maize gluten meal | 3.000 | 2.769 | – | 2.000 |
| Sodium bicarbonate | 0.200 | 0.20 | 0.100 | 0.200 |
| Sodium chloride | 0.158 | 0.161 | 0.217 | 0.095 |
| Limestone | 2.046 | 1.766 | 1.391 | 1.075 |
| Monocalcium phosphate | 1.707 | 1.390 | 1.409 | 0.558 |
| l lysine HCl | – | 0.317 | 0.347 | 0.300 |
| dl methionine | 0.195 | 0.231 | 0.163 | 0.072 |
| l-threonine | 0.052 | 0.131 | 0.139 | 0.182 |
| Choline chloride | 0.10 | 0.100 | 0.100 | 0.100 |
| Vitamin-mineral premixa | 0.25 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.250 |
| Titanium oxide | – | 0.300 | – | – |
| Calculated nutrient contentb | ||||
| Metabolizable energy, kcal/kg | 2800 | 2900 | 3000 | 3150 |
| Crude protein | 26.35 (26.79) | 24.0 (24.33) | 20.3 (20.31) | 17.0 (17.35) |
| Arginine | 1.52 (1.50) | 1.42 (1.38) | 1.21 (1.25) | 0.92 (0.89) |
| Lysine | 1.30 (1.23) | 1.35 (1.36) | 1.20 (1.18) | 0.90 (0.76) |
| Methionine | 0.62 (0.61) | 0.59 (0.56) | 0.46 (0.45) | 0.35 (0.38) |
| Methionine + cysteine | 1.09 (1.06) | 1.03 (0.97) | 0.85 (0.83) | 0.71 (0.72) |
| Threonine | 1.05 (1.03) | 0.97 (0.94) | 0.84 (0.83) | 0.76 (0.78) |
| Calcium | 1.25 | 1.10 | 0.95 | 0.65 |
| Available phosphorus | 0.65 | 0.55 | 0.47 | 0.32 |
| Amino acids added to basal diets | ||||
| LLALc | ||||
| l-Lysine HCld | 0.47 | 0.18 | 0.15 | 0.30 |
| l-Arginine HCl | 0.02 | 0.05 | – | 0.06 |
| dl-Methionine | – | 0.03 | 0.06 | – |
| LLAH | ||||
| l-Lysine HCl | 0.47 | 0.18 | 0.15 | 0.30 |
| l-Arginine HCl | 0.18 | 0.20 | 0.12 | 0.16 |
| dl-Methionine | – | 0.03 | 0.06 | – |
| LHAL | ||||
| l-Lysine HCl | 0.67 | 0.37 | 0.32 | 0.43 |
| l-Arginine HCl | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.16 |
| dl-Methionine | – | 0.03 | 0.06 | – |
| LHAH | ||||
| l-Lysine HCl | 0.67 | 0.37 | 0.32 | 0.43 |
| l-Arginine HCl | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.25 | 0.27 |
| dl-Methionine | – | 0.03 | 0.06 | – |
aProvided per kg diet (feeding periods: weeks 0–4, 5–8, 9–12 and 13–16): mg: retinol 3.78, 3.38, 2.88, and 2.52; cholecalciferol 0.13, 0.12, 0.10, and 0.09; a-tocopheryl acetate 100, 90, 80, and 70; vit. K3 5.8, 5.6, 4.8, and 4.2; thiamine 5.4, 4.7, 4.0, and 3.5; riboflavin 8.4, 7.5, 6.4, and 5.6; pyridoxine 6.4, 5.6, 4.8, and 4.2; cobalamin 0.032, 0.028, 0.024, and 0.021; biotin 0.32, 0.28, 0.24, and 0.21; pantothenic acid 28, 24, 20, and 18; nicotinic acid 84, 75, 64, and 56; folic acid 3.2, 2.8, 2.4, and 2.1; Fe 64, 60, 56 and 48; Mn 120, 112, 96, and 84; Zn 110, 103, 88, and 77; Cu 23, 19, 16, and 14; I 3.2, 2.8, 2.4, and 2.1; Se 0.30, 0.28, 0.24, and 0.21, respectively.
bThe value in parentheses was determined analytically.
cLLAL, diet with low Lys and low Arg levels; LLAH, diet with low Lys and high Arg levels; LHAL, diet with high Lys and low Arg levels; LHAH, diet with high Lys and high Arg levels.
dl-Lysine HCl contained 780 g lysine/kg (Ajinomoto Eurolysine S.A.S). l-Arginine HCl contained 990 g arginine/kg (Ajinomoto Eurolysine S.A.S). dl-Methionine contained 990 g methionine/kg (MetAMINO; Evonik Degussa Gmbh).