Table 4.

Ingredient composition (%, as-fed) of the basal diet with 45% estimated SID Met requirement (BASAL), reference diet (REF), and BSFL test diet with 55, 65, and 75% estimated SID Met requirement

Ingredient	BASAL	REF55	REF65	REF75	BSFL55	BSFL65	BSFL75
PD-BSFL meal	–	–	–	–	6.30	12.50	18.50
Corn starch	65.22	65.24	65.21	65.23	64.49	63.77	62.98
Sucrose	8.80	8.80	8.80	8.80	8.80	8.80	8.80
Corn oil	3.90	3.90	3.90	3.90	2.80	1.75	0.80
Cellulose	4.32	4.32	4.32	4.32	3.55	2.79	2.06
Limestone	0.60	0.60	0.60	0.60	0.45	0.30	0.15
Monocalcium phosphate	2.70	2.70	2.70	2.70	2.40	2.05	1.75
NaCl	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50
K2CO3	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.40
MgO	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.14
L-Arg	0.53	0.53	0.53	0.53	0.38	0.23	0.09
L-His	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.32	0.23	0.14
L-Ile	0.60	0.60	0.60	0.60	0.47	0.35	0.23
L-Leu	1.16	1.16	1.16	1.16	0.96	0.76	0.56
L-Lys HCl	1.43	1.43	1.43	1.43	1.22	1.01	0.81
DL-Met	0.13	0.16	0.19	0.22	0.13	0.13	0.13
L-Phe	0.68	0.68	0.68	0.68	0.57	0.46	0.35
L-Cys	0.32	0.32	0.32	0.31	0.29	0.27	0.24
L-Tyr	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.35	0.17	0.00
L-Thr	0.68	0.68	0.68	0.68	0.60	0.52	0.45
L-Ala	5.40	5.35	5.35	5.30	3.55	1.75	0.00
L-Trp	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.16	0.13	0.09
L-Val	0.76	0.76	0.76	0.76	0.58	0.41	0.24
Vitamin Mineral Premix1	0.60	0.60	0.60	0.60	0.60	0.60	0.60

¹Vitamin mineral premix provided per kg of diet: vitamin A, 12,000 IU as retinyl acetate; vitamin D3, 1,200 IU as cholecalciferol; vitamin E, 48 IU as dl-alpha-tocopherol acetate; vitamin K, 3 mg as menadione; pantothenic acid, 18 mg; riboflavin, 6 mg; choline, 600 mg; folic acid, 2.4 mg; niacin, 30 mg; thiamine, 18 mg; pyridoxine, 1.8 mg; vitamin B12, 0.03 mg; biotin, 0.24 mg; Cu, 18 mg from CuSO4 × 5H2O; Fe, 120 mg from FeSO4; Mn, 24 mg from MnSO4; Zn, 126 mg from ZnO; Se, 0.36 mg from Na2SeO3; and I, 0.6 mg from KI (DSM Nutritional Products Canada Inc., Ayr, ON, Canada).