Table 1.

Ingredients and nutrient composition of the experimental diets (%, as-fed basis).

Items	CON 1	LIG 1	PRS 1	KON 1
Ingredient (%)
Corn	53.50	53.50	53.50	53.50
Soybean meal	13.00	13.50	13.00	13.00
Soybean oil	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Wheat bran	28.00	26.00	26.00	26.00
Lignocellulose		1.50
Resistant starch			2.00
Konjaku flour				2.00
Limestone	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.25
Dicalcium phosphate	1.10	1.10	1.10	1.10
NaCl	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50
L-Lysine HCl	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05
Methionine	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04
Threonine	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05
Tryptophan	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
Premix 2	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50
Total (%)	100	100	100	100
Nutrient composition
DE 3 (Mcal/kg)	3.29	3.25	3.24	3.24
CP 3 (%)	15.50	15.38	15.29	15.33
Ca 3 (%)	0.78	0.78	0.78	0.78
P 3 (%)	0.75	0.73	0.73	0.73
Lys 3 (%)	0.73	0.73	0.72	0.72
Met 3 (%)	0.30	0.30	0.29	0.29
Thr 3 (%)	0.58	0.58	0.57	0.57
Trp 3 (%)	0.17	0.17	0.17	0.17
NDF 3 (%)	15.64	16.23	16.12	16.48
ADF 3 (%)	4.92	5.76	4.77	4.93
TDF 3 (%)	17.89	18.86	18.69	18.72

¹ CON, control; LIG, lignocellulose; PRS, resistant starch; KON, konjaku flour. ² Premix provided per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 11 000 IU; vitamin D3, 1500 IU; vitamin E, 15 IU; vitamin K3, 1.6 mg; vitamin B1, 1.5 mg; vitamin B2, 3.0 mg; vitamin B6, 1.5 mg; vitamin B12, 0.015 mg; niacin, 22.5 mg; D-pantothenic acid, 15 mg; folic acid, 2.5 mg; biotin, 0.2 mg; Fe, 85 mg; Cu, 7.5 mg; Zn, 75 mg; Mn, 35 mg; I, 0.5 mg; Se, 0.3 mg. ³ DE: digestion energy, CP: crude protein, Ca: calcium, P: phosphorus, Lys: lysine, Met: methionine, Cys: cysteine, Thr: threonine, Trp: tryptophan, NDF: neutral detergent fiber, ADF: acid detergent fiber, TDF: total dietary fiber.