Table 2.
Composition (DM basis) of the adaptation (ADAP), growing (GRO), and finishing (FIN) diets offered during the present experiment†,‡
| Item, % DM | ADAP-1 | ADAP-2 | ADAP-3 | GRO | FIN | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5WC | 0WC | 5WC | 0WC | 5WC | 0WC | 15WC | 10WC | 5WC | 0WC | 15WC | 10WC | 5WC | 0WC | |
| Corn silage | 40.0 | 40.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 22.0 | 27.0 | 10.0 | 13.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Ground corn | 34.4 | 37.0 | 40.5 | 42.7 | 46.4 | 48.4 | 64.3 | 66.0 | 60.5 | 58.0 | 69.0 | 68.4 | 67.2 | 69.0 |
| Peanut meal | 15.5 | 17.1 | 14.5 | 16.3 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
| Whole cottonseed | 5.0 | — | 5.0 | — | 5.0 | — | 15.0 | 10.0 | 5.0 | — | 15.0 | 10.0 | 5.0 | — |
| CSFA | 1.6 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 5.0 |
| Urea | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Mineral–vitamin mix|| | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
ADAP-1, adaptation diet 1 offered for from day 0 to 5; ADAP-2: adaptation diet 2 offered for from day 6 to 10; ADAP-3, adaptation diet 3 offered for from day 11 to 15; GRO, growing diet; FIN, finishing diet.
†Experimental period lasted 108 d.
‡Nutritonal profile and composition of the adaptation diets were the same for treatments 5WC, 10WC, and 15WC in order to adapt animals to the increasing level of EE into the diet.
||Mineral–vitamin mix contained 22% Ca, 2.6% S, 2% Mg, 8,5% Na, 2.0% P, 200 ppm Zn, 142 ppm Mn, 533 ppm Cu, 10.8 ppm, 40 ppm Co, and 1,000 ppm monensin.