Effects of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell wall addition on feed digestibility, fecal fermentation and microbiota and immunological parameters in adult cats

Table 6 Ingredients and chemical composition of experimental diets

	Diets^a
Item	CD	YAM 0.3	YAM 0.6
Ingredients, g/kg dry matter
Corn starch	10.0	7.0	4.0
Original XPC^¶	–	3.0	6.0
Corn	453.5	453.5	453.5
Poultry by-product meal	300.8	300.8	300.8
Corn gluten 60%	93.9	93.9	93.9
Poultry fat	92.1	92.1	92.1
Liquid flavor enhancer	20.0	20.0	20.0
Powder flavor enhancer	5.0	5.0	5.0
Potassium chloride	4.3	4.3	4.3
Salt	3.5	3.5	3.5
Calcium carbonate	4.0	4.0	4.0
Vitamins and mineral premix^b	5.0	5.0	5.0
Choline chloride 60%	4.0	4.0	4.0
Mold inhibitor	2.0	2.0	2.0
Antioxidant^§	0.4	0.4	0.4
Taurine	1.5	1.5	1.5
Chemical composition, g/kg dry matter
Dry matter, g/kg as fed	942.1	914.6	912.7
Crude protein	345.0	328.0	332.4
Acid-hydrolyzed fat	151.8	174.6	16.05
Crude fiber	20.2	24.1	25.3
Ash	65.4	75.3	72.1
Nitrogen-free extract	417.7	398.0	409.7
Calcium	11.3	13.9	13.0
Phosphorus	11.3	11.2	10.8
Gross energy, kcal/kg	4744	4567	4513

^aCD (control diet); YAM 0.3 (control diet containing 0.3% yeast with active metabolites); YAM 0.6 (control diet containing 0.6% of yeasts with active metabolites)
Original XPC composition: crude protein - 15%; crude fat - 1.5%; crude fiber – 25%; ash – 9%; moisture 11%; arginine – 0.73%; cystine - 0.33%; glycine – 0.93%. histidine - 0.44%; isoleucine – 0.57%; leucine – 1.03%; lysine (total) – 0.87%; methionine – 0.28%; phenylalanine – 0.61%; proline – 0.93%; threonine – 0.60%; tyrosine 0.55%; tryptophan - 0.19%; valine – 0.78%; starch – < 10%; ADF – 24.68%; NDF - 37.74; calcium – 0.56%; chloride – 0.37%; magnesium – 0.39%; phosphorus – 0.54%; potassium – 2.57%; sodium - 0.09%; sulphur – 0.46%.
^bSupplements per kilogram of product: iron 100 mg; copper 10 mg; manganese 10 mg; zinc 150 mg; iodine 2 mg; selenium 0.3 mg; vitamin A 18000 IU; vitamin D 1200 IU; vitamin E 200 IU; thiamine 6 mg; riboflavin 10 mg; pantothenic acid 40 mg; niacin 60 mg; pyridoxine 6 mg; folic acid 0.30 mg; vitamin B₁₂ 0.1 mg. Antioxidants: BHA and BHT

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