Table 1.
Basal diet composition.
| Item | Starter (d 0 - 9) |
Grower (d 10 - 21) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheat | Maize | Wheat | Maize | |
| Ingredients, % as fed | ||||
| Wheat (11.1% CP) | 59.94 | – | 65.19 | – |
| Maize (8.8% CP) | – | 58.70 | – | 64.51 |
| Soybean meal (47% CP) | 32.37 | 34.90 | 26.89 | 29.04 |
| Canola oil | 3.04 | 1.59 | 3.63 | 2.00 |
| Limestone | 1.18 | 1.15 | 1.13 | 1.07 |
| Dicalcium phosphate1 | 1.58 | 1.69 | 1.48 | 1.61 |
| Salt | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.24 | 0.23 |
| Sodium bicarbonate | 0.21 | 0.26 | 0.10 | 0.15 |
| TiO2 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
| Vitamin premix2 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 |
| Mineral premix3 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 |
| Choline Cl (70%) | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.12 |
| L-Lysine HCl | 0.29 | 0.28 | 0.21 | 0.22 |
| DL-Methionine | 0.30 | 0.32 | 0.28 | 0.27 |
| L-Threonine | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.07 |
| Natuphos (100 g/metric ton) | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Calculated value, % | ||||
| Metabolisable energy, kcal/kg | 2,950 | 2,950 | 3,050 | 3,050 |
| Crude protein | 22.5 | 21.8 | 20.4 | 19.4 |
| Crude fat | 4.9 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 4.6 |
| Digestible arginine | 1.30 | 1.29 | 1.15 | 1.13 |
| Digestible lysine | 1.24 | 1.24 | 1.05 | 1.05 |
| Digestible methionine | 0.79 | 0.83 | 0.70 | 0.72 |
| Digestible methionine + cysteine | 0.90 | 0.90 | 0.83 | 0.80 |
| Calcium | 0.90 | 0.90 | 0.85 | 0.84 |
| Available phosphorus | 0.45 | 0.45 | 0.43 | 0.43 |
| Sodium | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.16 |
| Chloride | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 |
| Choline | 1,700 | 1,700 | 1,600.0 | 1,600.0 |
| Linoleic 18:2 | 1.46 | 1.83 | 1.63 | 2.03 |
1
Dicalcium phosphate contained: phosphorus, 18%; calcium, 21%.
2
Vitamin concentrate supplied per kilogram of diet: retinol, 12,000 IU; cholecalciferol, 5,000 IU; tocopheryl acetate, 75 mg, menadione, 3 mg; thiamine, 3 mg; riboflavin, 8 mg; niacin, 55 mg; pantothenate, 13 mg; pyridoxine, 5 mg; folate, 2 mg; cyanocobalamin, 16 μg; biotin, 200 μg; cereal-based carrier, 149 mg; mineral oil, 2.5 mg.
3
Trace mineral concentrate supplied per kilogram of diet: Cu (sulfate), 16 mg; Fe (sulfate), 40 mg; I (iodide), 1.25 mg; Se (selenate), 0.3 mg; Mn (sulfate and oxide), 120 mg; Zn (sulfate and oxide), 100 mg; cereal-based carrier, 128 mg; mineral oil, 3.75 mg.