Table 2.
Ingredient properties of experimental diet and nitrogen-free diet (%, air-dried basis).
| Ingredients | Wheat diets | N-free diet |
|---|---|---|
| Wheat | 91.4 | - |
| Soybean oil | 4.00 | - |
| Corn starch | - | 59.88 |
| Glucose | - | 31.50 |
| Carboxymethylcellulose | - | 4.20 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 1.90 | 1.90 |
| Limestone | 1.30 | 1.30 |
| Sodium chloride | 0.30 | 0.30 |
| Choline chloride (60%) | 0.20 | 0.20 |
| Vitamin and mineral premix1 | 0.40 | 0.22 |
| Titanium dioxide | 0.50 | 0.50 |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
1
The premix provided the following per kg of diets: vitamin A 12500 IU, vitamin D3 3,500 IU, vitamin E 20 IU, vitamin K3 3 mg, vitamin B1 0.01 mg, vitamin B2 8.00 mg, vitamin B6 4.5 mg, vitamin B12 0.02 mg, nicotinic acid 34 mg, pantothenic acid 12 mg, folic acid 0.5 mg, biotin 0.2 mg, Fe 80 mg, Cu 8 mg, Zn 80 mg, Mn 80 mg, I 0.7 mg. Se 0.3 mg.