Table 1.
Composition of basal diet, as-is basis
| Item | Basal diet |
|---|---|
| Feedstuff, % | |
| Corn, yellow dent | 54.4 |
| Soybean meal, 48% crude protein (CP) | 23.5 |
| Whey permeate, 80% lactose | 10.0 |
| Poultry meal | 4.0 |
| Blood plasma | 3.0 |
| Poultry fat | 2.0 |
| l-Lys HCl | 0.47 |
| l-Met | 0.18 |
| l-Thr | 0.13 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 0.85 |
| Limestone | 0.85 |
| Vitamin premix1 | 0.03 |
| Mineral premix2 | 0.15 |
| Salt | 0.22 |
| Additive3 | 0.22 |
| Total | 100.0 |
| Calculated composition | |
| ME, Mcal/kg | 3.40 |
| CP, % | 21.55 |
| SID4 Lys, % | 1.35 |
| SID Met + Cys, % | 0.74 |
| SID Trp, % | 0.22 |
| SID Thr, % | 0.79 |
| Ca, % | 0.80 |
| STTD5 P, % | 0.40 |
| Analyzed composition | |
| Dry matter, % | 88.66 |
| CP, % | 20.75 |
| Total P, % | 0.65 |
| Ca, % | 0.80 |
The vitamin premix provided per kilogram of complete diet: 6,614 IU of vitamin A as vitamin A acetate, 992 IU of vitamin D3, 19.8 IU of vitamin E, 2.64 mg of vitamin K as menadione sodium bisulfate, 0.03 mg of vitamin B12, 4.63 mg of riboflavin, 18.52 mg of d-pantothenic acid as calcium pantothenate, 24.96 mg of niacin, and 0.07 mg of biotin. CJ Bio (Fort Dodge, IA) provided the supplemental amino acids.
The trace mineral premix provided per kilogram of complete diet: 33 mg of Mn as manganous oxide, 110 mg of Fe as ferrous sulfate, 110 mg of Zn as zinc sulfate, 16.5 mg of Cu as copper sulfate, 0.30 mg of I as ethylenediamine dihydroiodide, and 0.30 mg of Se as sodium selenite.
Corn + bacitracin methylene disalicylate (bacitracin: 30 g/t feed), or corn + Lactobacillus Fermentate (LBF, LBiotix, Adare Biome, Houdan, France, 2 kg/t feed).
SID, standardized ileal digestibility.
STTD P, standardized total tract digestible phosphorus.