Table 1.
Diet composition and calculated nutrient composition of the corn-soy based diet and of the wheat-palm oil-rapeseed based diet for the different periods.
| Starter |
Grower |
Finisher |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingredient (%) | Corn | Wheat | Corn | Wheat | Corn | Wheat |
| Corn | 59.8 | - | 63.5 | - | 66.5 | - |
| Wheat | - | 60.7 | - | 64.6 | - | 67.4 |
| Wheat bran | 3.00 | - | 1.86 | - | 1.78 | - |
| Soybean meal (48% CP) | 30.0 | 15.8 | 28.1 | 14.0 | 25.4 | 11.0 |
| Full fat soybeans | - | 7.50 | - | 7.50 | - | 8.50 |
| Rapeseed meal | - | 8.00 | - | 6.50 | - | 6.00 |
| Lard | 1.12 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.45 | 1.50 |
| Soy oil | 2.00 | - | 1.58 | - | 1.66 | - |
| Palm oil | - | 2.50 | - | 2.40 | - | 2.40 |
| Vitamin & mineral premix1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| CaCO3 | 0.670 | 0.590 | 0.620 | 0.560 | 0.540 | 0.490 |
| Di-Ca-phosphate | 1.04 | 0.960 | 0.720 | 0.650 | 0.480 | 0.400 |
| NaCl | 0.150 | 0.140 | 0.190 | 0.150 | 0.150 | 0.080 |
| Na2CO3 | 0.220 | 0.290 | 0.220 | 0.330 | 0.300 | 0.430 |
| L-Lysine HCl | 0.390 | 0.460 | 0.261 | 0.310 | 0.280 | 0.320 |
| DL-methionine | 0.380 | 0.310 | 0.295 | 0.340 | 0.310 | 0.300 |
| L-threonine | 0.190 | 0.190 | 0.090 | 0.100 | 0.100 | 0.100 |
| Calculated nutrient composition | ||||||
| Crude protein (g/kg) | 205 | 205 | 195 | 194 | 185 | 185 |
| Crude fat (g/kg) | 69.5 | 71.4 | 70.0 | 70.1 | 71.0 | 71.7 |
| Crude fibre (g/kg) | 33.7 | 37.6 | 32.8 | 35.8 | 32.0 | 34.7 |
| Metabolizable energy (Kcal/kg) | 2 796 | 2 772 | 2 844 | 2 820 | 2 892 | 2 868 |
| Dig. Lysine (g/kg) | 11.50 | 11.90 | 10.00 | 10.10 | 9.50 | 9.70 |
| Dig. Methionine+Cysteine (g/kg) | 8.80 | 8.85 | 7.79 | 8.85 | 7.67 | 8.24 |
| Dig. threonine (g/kg) | 7.70 | 7.75 | 6.50 | 6.50 | 6.20 | 6.20 |
| Dig. valine (g/kg) | 7.60 | 7.78 | 7.28 | 7.40 | 6.84 | 7.02 |
| Ca (g/kg) | 8.50 | 8.50 | 7.50 | 7.50 | 6.50 | 6.50 |
| Available P (g/kg) | 4.00 | 4.00 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 3.10 | 3.10 |
| Na+Cl-K (meq/kg) | 230 | 222 | 225 | 223 | 220 | 223 |
| C18:2 (g/kg) | 28.3 | 18.8 | 26.9 | 18.6 | 27.6 | 19.5 |
| C18:1 (g/kg) | 17.0 | 22.4 | 18.0 | 21.8 | 18.2 | 22.1 |
| C16:0 (g/kg) | 8.53 | 17.7 | 9.11 | 17.3 | 9.13 | 17.5 |
Vitamin and mineral premix composed of vitamin A/retinyl acetate 3a672a (10,00,000 IU/kg); vitamin D3 E671 (299,999.4 IU/kg); vitamin E 3a700 (all-rac-alpha-tocopheryl acetate) (5,000 IU/kg); vitamin K3 3a710 (250 mg/kg); vitamin B1/thiamine mononitrate 3a821 (200 mg/kg); vitamin B2/riboflavin (500 mg/kg); calcium D-pantothenate 3a841 (1,500 mg/kg); vitamin B6/pyridoxine hydrochloride 3a831 (400 mg/kg); vitamin B12/cyanocobalamin (2.5 mg/kg); niacinamide 3a315 (3,000 mg/kg); folic acid 3a316 (100 mg/kg); biotin/D-(+)-biotin 3a880 (15 mg/kg); choline chloride 3a890 (68,965.5 mg/kg); iron(II)sulphate (monohydrate) - iron E1 (4,920 mg/kg); copper(II)sulphate (pentahydrate) - copper E4 (2,000 mg/kg); zinc oxide 3b603 (6,000 mg/kg); manganese(II)oxide - manganese E5 (9,590.2 mg/kg); calcium iodate (anhydrous) - iodine 3b202 (120 mg/kg); sodium selenite - selenium E8 (36 mg/kg); sepiolite E562 (700 mg/kg); propyl gallate E310 (200 mg/kg); BHT E321(300 mg/kg); citric acid E330