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Table 1 Composition of the negative control diet (CON) for pre-starter (d0-d14) and starter (d14-d37) periods

Pre-starter		Starter
Ingredients	%	Ingredients	%
Wheat	22.57	Barley	25.00
Barley	22.50	Wheat	22.93
Whey	7.00	Corn	15.00
Extruded soybeans	2.40	Toasted soybeans	12.00
Calcium formiate and lactic acid	1.00	Whey	4.20
Potato protein	2.00	Extruded soybeans	1.70
Toasted soybeans	12.00	Calcium formiate and lactic acid	0.50
Extruded oats and barley	10.00	Coconut	0.20
Corn	7.50	Soybean meal, CP49	9.07
Soybean meal, CP49	4.04	Wheat gluten feed	2.69
Fat, > 88% triglycerides	0.50	Beet pulp, sugar 72%	2.00
Sodium bicarbonate	0.30	Fat, > 88% triglycerides	0.95
Organic acids mixture^a	0.30	Organic acids mixture^a	0.30
Lime fine	0.29	Salt	0.05
Premix^b	7.60	Premix^c	3.40
Composition		Composition
NE, kcal/kg	2350	NE, kcal/kg	2350
Crude protein, g/kg	173	Crude protein, g/kg	178
Crude fibre, g/kg	37	Crude fibre, g/kg	38
Calcium, g/kg	5.2	Calcium, g/kg	7.9
Phosphorus, g/kg	4.5	Phosphorus, g/kg	4.8
Sugar + Starch, g/kg	457	Sugar + Starch, g/kg	438

^aOrganic acids mixture: contains formic acid, phosphoric acid and citric acid
^bProviding per kg of complete diet: Vitamin A, 15,000 IU/kg; Vitamin D₃ 2000 IU/kg; Vitamin E, 200 IU/kg; Vitamin K₃, 4.0 mg; Vitamin B₁, 3.0 mg; Vitamin B₂, 8.0 mg; Vitamin B₃, 20 mg; Vitamin B₆, 6.0 mg; Vitamin B₁₂, 50.0 μg; niacinamide, 40.0 mg; folic acid, 2.0 mg; biotin, 0.3 mg; Cu, 155 mg/kg; Fe, 150 mg/kg; Mn, 49 mg/kg; Zn, 104 mg/kg; I, 1.55 mg/kg; Se, 0.40 mg/kg
^cProviding per kg of complete diet: Vitamin A, 15,000 IU/kg; Vitamin D₃ 2000 IU/kg; Vitamin E, 102 IU/kg; Vitamin K₃, 4.0 mg; Vitamin B₁, 3.0 mg; Vitamin B₂, 8.0 mg; Vitamin B₃, 20 mg; Vitamin B₆, 6.0 mg; Vitamin B₁₂, 50.0 μg; niacinamide, 40.0 mg; folic acid, 2.0 mg; biotin, 0.3 mg; Cu, 155 mg/kg; Fe, 150 mg/kg; Mn, 49 mg/kg; Zn, 80 mg/kg; I, 1.49 mg/kg; Se, 0.40 mg/kg

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