Table 1. Analyzed chemical composition (g/kg DM or as stated) of corn samples used for this study.

Item	Corn sample1)
	Whole	Ground	Flake_32	Flake_41	Flake_48	Flake_62	Flake_66	Flake_86	Flake_89
DM (g/kg as fed)	858	870	860	898	853	861	856	898	897
OM	987	987	987	988	989	986	986	994	992
CP	75	77	88	84	85	83	85	83	82
CF	20	26	22	18	24	21	22	15	16
EE	41	40	37	43	49	40	41	23	24
Ash	13	13	13	12	11	14	14	6	8
Ca	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.7
P	2.9	2.9	2.7	2.3	2.5	2.9	3.0	1.5	1.4
Total carbohydrates	871	869	862	862	855	863	860	888	886
Starch	769	756	745	742	733	704	713	758	746
Gelatinization (%)	-	-	32	41	48	62	66	86	89
Used for
In vitro experiment			√	√	√		√	√	√
In situ experiment	√	√				√	√
In vivo experiment		√			√	√

¹⁾Whole, whole corn; Ground, ground corn; Flake_(% gelatinization).

DM, dry matter; OM, organic matter; CP, crude protein; CF, crude fiber; EE, ether extract.