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. 2021 Jun 4;5(3):txab094. doi: 10.1093/tas/txab094

Table 4.

Ingredient composition, analyzed nutrient content (standardized to 10% moisture), particle size, and gross energy (GE) value of finisher phase diets fed from day 25 to 40

Control Snowbird High Snowdrop High Fabelle High Snowbird Low Snowdrop Low Fabelle Low
Ingredients, %
 Wheat CPS white, rolled 56.67 28.92 28.92 28.92 28.92 28.92 28.92
 Soybean meal 20.00
 Snowbird, #1 certified seed1 45.00
 Snowdrop, #1 certified seed2 45.00
 Fabelle, #1 certified seed3 45.00
 Snowbird, #2 feed grade4 45.00
 Snowdrop, #2 feed grade4 45.00
 Fabelle, #2 feed grade4 45.00
 Canola seed, rolled 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00
 Canola oil 0.00 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50
 Limestone 1.00 1.15 1.15 1.15 1.15 1.15 1.15
 Broiler premix5 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30
 Sodium bicarbonate 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30
 Salt 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40
 Mono/dicalcium phosphate 0.40 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30
 l-Lysine HCl 0.30 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25
 dl-Methionine 0.15 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30
 l-Threonine 0.25 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30
 l-Valine 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10
 l-Tryptophan 0.05 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10
 Choline chloride 60% 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03
 Superzyme Plus6 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05
Analyzed nutrient content, %
 Crude protein 22.19 21.41 20.60 21.86 20.32 20.62 21.12
 Crude fat 10.44 12.01 12.13 12.16 13.38 12.64 12.99
 Crude fiber 3.29 4.75 5.24 4.46 4.88 5.87 4.74
 Ash 4.87 4.37 4.45 4.55 4.74 4.47 4.42
 Calcium 0.75 0.79 0.75 0.79 0.84 0.79 0.76
 Phosphorus 0.56 0.42 0.47 0.46 0.52 0.53 0.49
 Indispensable AA
 Arginine 1.28 1.53 1.44 1.74 1.31 1.40 1.57
 Histidine 0.54 0.50 0.49 0.54 0.47 0.49 0.50
 Isoleucine 0.90 0.85 0.78 0.88 0.80 0.81 0.86
 Leucine 1.55 1.49 1.39 1.53 1.37 1.38 1.48
 Lysine 1.33 1.35 1.26 1.41 1.30 1.32 1.36
 Methionine 0.47 0.50 0.49 0.52 0.50 0.45 0.51
 Phenylalanine 1.02 0.89 0.84 0.91 0.84 0.84 0.89
 Threonine 1.01 0.94 0.93 1.04 0.95 1.01 0.95
 Tryptophan 0.32 0.29 0.26 0.25 0.30 0.27 0.25
 Valine 1.13 1.07 1.01 1.12 1.01 1.04 1.08
Dispensable AA
 Alanine 0.85 0.80 0.77 0.85 0.79 0.81 0.84
 Aspartic acid 1.76 1.86 1.72 1.94 1.65 1.69 1.83
 Cysteine 0.41 0.35 0.33 0.34 0.30 0.32 0.32
 Glutamic acid 4.80 4.01 3.75 4.05 3.65 3.72 3.98
 Glycine 0.93 0.89 0.86 0.91 0.82 0.84 0.88
 Hydroxylysine 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.07 0.07 0.05
 Hydroxyproline 0.10 0.07 0.11 0.08 0.06 0.07 0.08
 Lanthionine 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04
 Ornithine 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
 Proline 1.51 1.16 1.17 1.17 1.10 1.12 1.17
 Serine 0.86 0.82 0.77 0.80 0.73 0.75 0.79
 Taurine 0.12 0.13 0.14 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13
 Tyrosine 0.70 0.65 0.62 0.67 0.60 0.60 0.63
 Total AA 21.64 20.21 19.18 20.94 18.77 19.14 20.19
Gross energy, MJ/kg 18.29 18.90 17.47 18.76 18.69 18.95 19.15
Particle size, µm 1,043 1,080 1,164 1,168 1,322 1,313 1,257
St. Dev., µm 2.09 1.89 1.82 1.89 1.85 1.81 1.88

1High quality (#1 certified seed) sourced from Galloway Seeds (Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada).

2High quality (#1 certified seed) sourced from Shewchuk Seeds (Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada).

3High quality (#1 certified seed) sourced from Stamp Seeds (Enchant, Alberta, Canada).

4Low quality (feed grade) grown at the Crop Diversification Centre North (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada).

5Trouw Nutrition (Ponoka, Alberta, Canada). Provided per kg of feed: vitamin D3 (vitamin D3 500), 2,400 IU; vitamin A (vitamin A 1000), 6,000 IU; vitamin E (vitamin E 500), 30 IU; thiamine (thiamine monohydrate 99%), 2.4 mg; riboflavin (riboflavin 80%), 6 mg; pantothenic acid (calcium pantothenate 98%), 9 mg; biotin (biotin 2% premix), 0.12 mg; folic acid (folic acid 98%), 1.2 mg; vitamin B12 (vitamin B12 0.1% premix), 0.012 mg; niacin (niacin 99%), 39 mg; vitamin K (vitamin K3 [MNB] 43%), 2.4 mg; pyridoxine (pyridoxine 99%), 3 mg; manganese (manganous oxide 60%), 72 mg; iron (ferrous sulfate 30%), 48 mg; copper (copper sulfate 25%), 12 mg; zinc (zinc oxide 72%), 60 mg; selenium (Selplex 2000), 0.18 mg; iodine (EDDI), 0.99 mg.

6Canadian Bio-Systems Inc. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada). Provided the following enzyme activity per kg of feed: xylanase, 1,200 U; glucanase, 150 U; invertase, 700 U; protease, 1,200 U; cellulase, 500 U; amylase, 12,000 U; mannase, 60 U; phytase, 1,000 U.