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. 2021 May 3;7(3):787–800. doi: 10.1016/j.aninu.2020.11.015

Table 1.

Basal diet composition of the wheat-soy based starter, grower and finisher diets.

Item Starter Grower Finisher
Ingredients, g/kg
 Wheat 602 618 651
 Soybean meal (48.5% CP) 280 265 235
 Potato protein 20.0 10.0 0.00
 Soybean oil 43.5 56.0 67.0
 Premix1 5.00 5.00 5.0
 Lime fine 15.8 14.2 12.8
 Monocalciumphosphate 15.6 14.0 12.5
 Salt 1.80 1.80 1.90
 Sodium carbonate 3.90 3.90 3.40
 L-lysine HCl 2.35 2.20 2.15
 DL-Methionine 2.80 2.65 2.25
 L-Threonine 1.20 1.05 1.00
 L-arginine 0.30 0.05 0.00
 Magnesiumoxide 1.20 1.30 1.40
Calculated nutrient content
 Metabolisable energy, kcal/kg 2,924 2,999 3,075
 Dry matter, g/kg 882 883 884
 Crude protein, g/kg 224 210 191
 Crude fat, g/kg 55.8 68.0 78.6
 Crude fibre, g/kg 24.5 24.3 23.9
 Carbohydrates, g/kg 507 514 528
 Calcium, g/kg 9.60 8.70 7.90
 Total phosphorus, g/kg 7.20 6.70 6.30
 Available phosphorus, g/kg 4.80 4.40 4.00
 Digestible lysine, % 1.19 1.09 0.96
 Digestible leucine, % 1.44 1.33 1.18
 Digestible methionine + cysteine, % 0.88 0.83 0.74
 Digestible arginine, % 1.27 1.17 1.04
 Digestible threonine, % 0.80 0.73 0.64
 Digestible tryptophan, % 0.24 0.23 0.20
Incorporation level of enzyme preparation, mg/kg
 Control diet (CTRL) 0 0 0
 Belfeed 1100 MP (Bel10) 10 10 10
 Belfeed 1100 MP (Bel100) 100 100 100
 Belfeed 1100 MP (Bel1000) 1,000 1,000 1,000
 Econase XT 25P (Eco10) 10 10 10
 Econase XT 25P (Eco100) 100 100 100
 Econase XT 25P (Eco1000) 1,000 1,000 1,000

CP = crude protein.

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Mineral-vitamin premix provided per kg diet: vitamin A 10,000 IU; vitamin D3 2,500 IU; vitamin E 50 mg; vitamin K3 1.5 mg; vitamin B1 2.0 mg; vitamin B2 7.5 mg; vitamin B6 3.5 mg; vitamin B12 20 μg; niacinamide 35 mg; D-pantothenic acid 12 mg; choline chloride 460 mg; folic acid 1.0 mg; biotin 0.2 mg; iron 80 mg; copper 12 mg; manganese 85 mg; zinc 60 mg; iodine 0.8 mg; selenium 0.15 mg.