Table 1 Composition of feed ingredients (g/kg) and nutrients content (%) of the experimental diets
Starter diet | Grower-finisher diet | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Composition | Co | Bu | Wh | BuWh | Co | Bu | Wh | BuWh |
Ingredients as fed (g/kg) | ||||||||
Calcium Butyrate | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Whey | 0.0 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 60.0 |
French corn | 490.0 | 535.0 | 495.0 | 520.0 | 500.0 | 500.0 | 540.0 | 538.0 |
Soybean meal 47 | 297.9 | 302.6 | 294.6 | 279.0 | 315.4 | 315.9 | 317.5 | 317.8 |
Soft wheat >74 | 169.7 | 115.0 | 95.0 | 110.0 | 107.4 | 105.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Soybean oil | 10.0 | 10.0 | 21.0 | 9.2 | 42.0 | 42.6 | 50.7 | 51.4 |
Dicalcium phosphate dihydrate | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 |
Calcium carbonate | 14.0 | 16.0 | 14.0 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
Mineral salt | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
Vitamin and mineral premixa | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
DL-Methionine | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
L-Lysine | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Salmocid | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Calculated nutrients (%) | ||||||||
Crude protein | 22.5 | 22.6 | 22.3 | 22.1 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 |
AME (Kcal/Kg)b | 3152.0 | 3141.7 | 3141.5 | 3140.1 | 3100.0 | 3100.0 | 3100.0 | 3100.0 |
Digestible lysine | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.10 | 1.10 | 1.11 | 1.11 |
Digestible methionine | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.50 | 0.49 | 0.49 | 0.49 | 0.50 |
Calcium | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.85 | 0.85 | 0.85 | 0.85 |
Available phosphorus | 0.50 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.50 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.40 | 0.42 |