Table 1.
Ingredients and nutrients composition of the experimental diets.
| Experimental diets |
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| Starter (1 to 10 d) |
Grower (11 to 24 d) |
Finisher (25 to 42 d) |
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| Diet composition (%) | Control | FSBM | Control | FSBM | Control | FSBM |
| Corn | 51.07 | 54.40 | 50.76 | 54.30 | 55.80 | 58.97 |
| Soybean meal | 37.19 | – | 39.99 | – | 34.57 | – |
| Fermented soybean meal | 0 | 34.50 | – | 37.11 | – | 32.08 |
| Corn gluten meal | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| Vegetable oil | 3.23 | 2.64 | 5.40 | 4.77 | 5.96 | 5.41 |
| Limestone | 0.81 | 0.83 | 0.68 | 0.70 | 0.63 | 0.65 |
| Di-calcium phosphate | 2.14 | 2.14 | 1.91 | 1.92 | 1.71 | 1.71 |
| Salt | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.37 |
| Vitamin premix1 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 |
| Mineral premix2 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 |
| DL-methionine | 0.28 | 0.29 | 0.25 | 0.26 | 0.23 | 0.24 |
| L-lysine | 0.34 | 0.28 | 0.13 | 0.07 | 0.23 | 0.07 |
| Threonine | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.01 | – | – | – |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Calculated composition | ||||||
| Metabolizable energy (Kcal/kg) | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,100 | 3,100 | 3,200 | 3,200 |
| Crude protein (%) | 23 | 23 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 |
| SID lysine (%) | 1.28 | 1.28 | 1.15 | 1.15 | 1.03 | 1.03 |
| SID methionine (%) | 0.63 | 0.63 | 0.55 | 0.55 | 0.52 | 0.52 |
| SID methionine + cysteine (%) | 0.95 | 0.95 | 0.87 | 0.87 | 0.80 | 0.80 |
| SID threonine (%) | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0.77 | 0.77 | 0.68 | 0.68 |
| Calcium (%) | 0.96 | 0.96 | 0.87 | 0.87 | 0.79 | 0.79 |
| Available phosphorous (%) | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.435 | 0.435 | 0.395 | 0.395 |
| Sodium (%) | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 |
1
Supplied per kg of diet: 1.8 mg all-trans-retinyl acetate; 0.02 mg cholecalciferol; 8.3 mg alphatocopheryl acetate; 2.2 mg menadione; 2 mg pyridoxine HCl; 8 mg cyanocobalamin; 10 mg nicotine amid; 0.3 mg folic acid; 20 mg D-biotin; 160 mg choline chloride.
2
Supplied per kg of diet: 32 mg Mn (MnSO4_H2O); 16 mg Fe (FeSO4_7H2O); 24 mg Zn (ZnO); 2 mg Cu (CuSO4_5H2O); 800 µ g I (KI); 200 µ g Co (CoSO4); 60 µ g Se (NaSeO3).