Effects of dietary Bacillus amyloliquefaciens supplementation on growth performance, intestinal morphology, inflammatory response, and microbiota of intra-uterine growth retarded weanling piglets

Table 1 Composition and nutrient level of the diet (as-fed basis)

Items^a	Contents
Ingredients, %
Maize	62.78
Soybean meal	15.00
Fermented soybean meal	7.00
Extruded soybean	7.00
Soy protein isolate	1.30
Soybean oil	2.00
CaHPO₄	1.80
Limestone	0.80
Salt	0.35
L-lysine HCl, 78%	0.52
L-methionine	0.13
L-threonine	0.15
L-isoleucine	0.10
L-tryptophan	0.01
L-histidine	0.01
Calcium propionate, 50%	0.05
Premix^b	1.00
Total	100.00
Calculated nutrient levels
Digestible energy, Mcal/kg	3.47
Metabolizable energy, Mcal/kg	3.30
Crude protein	20.38
SID lysine	1.34
SID methionine	0.40
SID methionine + cystine	0.72
SID threonine	0.80
SID tryptophan	0.35
SID histidine	0.65
SID isoleucine	0.70
SID valine	1.04
Total calcium	0.82
Available phosphorus	0.43
Analyzed nutrient levels
Crude protein	20.45
Total lysine	1.53
Total methionine	0.45
Total methionine + cystine	0.85
Total threonine	0.95
Total tryptophan	0.39
Total histidine	0.75
Total isoleucine	0.80
Total valine	1.20
Total calcium	0.81
Total phosphorus	0.66

^aSID standard ileal digestible
^bProvide the following per kg complete diet: Vitamin A, 8,000 IU; Vitamin D₃, 3,000 IU; Vitamin E, 20 IU; Vitamin K₃, 3 mg; Vitamin B₁, 2 mg; Vitamin B₂, 5 mg; Vitamin B₆, 7 mg; Vitamin B₁₂, 0.02 mg; Niacin, 30 mg; Pantothenic acid, 15 mg; Folic acid, 0.3 mg; Biotin, 0.08 mg; Choline chloride, 500 mg; Fe (from ferrous sulfate), 110 mg; Cu (from copper sulfate) 7 mg; Mn (from manganese sulfate), 5 mg; Zn (from zinc sulfate), 110 mg; I (from calcium iodate), 0.3 mg; Se (from sodium selenite), 0.3 mg

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