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Table 4 Ingredient composition (as-fed basis) in experimental diets

From: Standardized ileal digestibility of amino acids in soybean meal fed to non-pregnant and pregnant sows

Ingredient, %

Test dietsa

N-free diet

Cornstarch

44.56

76.55

Soybean meal

34.40

0.00

Soybean oil

3.00

3.00

Limestone

0.59

0.70

Dicalcium phosphate

1.90

2.20

NaCl

0.40

0.40

Sucrose

10.00

10.00

Solka floc

4.00

6.00

Chromic oxide

0.40

0.40

Choline chloride (50%)

0.25

0.25

Vitamin-mineral premixb

0.50

0.50

Total

100.00

100.00

  1. aTest diets were formulated using different soybean meal sources
  2. bPremix provided per kilogram of complete diet: 6,000 IU Vitamin A; 2,000 IU Vitamin D3; 80 IU Vitamin E; 3.8 mg Vitamin K; 2.0 mg Vitamin B1; 6.0 mg riboflavin; 4.0 mg Vitamin B6; 0.02 mg Vitamin B12; 26.0 mg niacin; 18.0 mg pantothenic acid; 3.2 mg folic acid; 0.4 mg biotin; 100 mg iron; 20 mg copper; 100 mg zinc; 25 mg manganese; 0.4 mg iodine; and 0.30 mg selenium