Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Table 1 Ingredients and nutrient compositions of basal diet, air dry basis,%

From: Effects of benzoic acid (VevoVitall®) on the performance and jejunal digestive physiology in young pigs

Ingredients,%		Calculated Composition,%		Analyzed Composition,%
Maize	57.88	DE,MJ/kg	14.37	Control diet
Dehulled soybean meal	22.00	Available phosphorus	0.41	Crude protein	18.32
Fish meal	5.00	Arg	1.20	Calcium	0.86
Soybean oil	1.50	Cys	0.32	Total phosphorus	0.62
Whey powder	6.00	His	0.49	Ether extract	0.73
Sugar	2.00	Ile	0.80	Gross energy,kcal/g	4.17
Glucose	3.00	Leu	1.65	Benzoic acid,mg/kg	0
L-Lys-HCl,78 %	0.24	Lys	1.31	Benzoic acid diet
DL-Met,99 %	0.10	Met	0.45	Crude protein	18.36
Trp,98 %	0.02	Met + Cys	0.77	Calcium	0.83
Thr,98.5 %	0.07	Phe	0.91	Total phosphorus	0.59
Choline Chloride	0.10	Thr	0.84	Ether extract	0.72
Calcium carbonat	0.90	Trp	0.25	Gross energy,kcal/g	4.19
Dicalcium phosphate	0.40	Na	0.24	Benzoic acid,mg/kg	5036
Nacl	0.15
Vitamin Complex^a	0.04
Mineral Complex^b	0.30
Phytase	0.10

^aThe premix provides following per kg diet: Vitamin A 6000 IU; Vitamin D₃ 400 IUg; Vitamin E 10 IU; Vitamin K₃ 3 mg; Vitamin B₁ 3 mg; Vitamin B₂ 6 mg; Vitamin B₆ 3 mg; Vitamin B₁₂ 24 μg; folic acid 1.2 mg; nicotinic acid 14 mg; biotin 150 mg; D-pantothenic acid 15 mg
^bThe premix provides following per kg diet: Fe (as ferrous sulfate) 100 mg, Cu (as copper sulfate) 6 mg, Mn 40 mg, Zn (as zinc sulfate) 80 mg, I 0.3 mg, Se 0.3 mg

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