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Table 1 Feed ingredient and nutrient composition of experimental diets (%, as-fed basis)

From: Different dietary starch sources alter the carcass traits, meat quality, and the profile of muscle amino acid and fatty acid in finishing pigs

Items

Diet1

TS

CS

PS

Ingredient, %

 Tapioca starch

59.00

  

 Corn starch

 

59.00

 

 Pea starch

  

59.00

 Soybean meal

27.00

27.00

27.00

 Corn gluten meal

3.40

3.40

3.40

 Wheat bran

3.36

3.36

3.36

 Soybean oil

3.25

3.25

3.25

L-Lysine·HCl (98%)

0.30

0.30

0.30

DL-Methionine

0.13

0.13

0.13

L-Threonine

0.06

0.06

0.06

 Dicalcium phosphate

1.50

1.50

1.50

 Limestone

0.30

0.30

0.30

 Choline chloride (50%)

0.40

0.40

0.40

 Salt

0.30

0.30

0.30

 Vitamin and mineral premix2

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Total

100.00

100.00

100.00

Calculated content

 ME3, MJ/kg

13.81

13.81

13.81

Standardized ileal digestible amino acids4, %

 Lysine

0.88

0.88

0.88

 Methionine + Cysteine

0.49

0.49

0.49

 Threonine

0.50

0.50

0.50

 Tryptophan

0.15

0.15

0.15

Analyzed nutrient composition

 Dry matter5, %

88.48

88.86

88.45

 Crude protein5, %

14.54

14.55

14.55

 Crude fat5, %

1.26

1.25

1.25

 Crude ash5, %

4.09

4.09

4.11

 Total starch, % DM

52.25

52.26

52.25

 Amylose/amylopectin

0.11

0.25

0.44

  1. 1TS: tapioca starch; CS: corn starch; PS: pea starch
  2. 2Provided per kilogram of complete diet: vitamin A, 15,000 IU; vitamin D3, 3,000 IU; vitamin E, 150 mg; vitamin K3, 3 mg; vitamin B1, 3 mg; vitamin B2, 6 mg; vitamin B6, 5 mg; vitamin B12, 0.03 mg; niacin, 45 mg; vitamin C, 250 mg; calcium pantothenate, 9 mg; folic acid, 1 mg; biotin, 0.3 mg; choline chloride, 500 mg; Fe (FeSO4·H2O), 170 mg; Cu (CuSO4·5H2O), 150 mg; I (KI), 0.90 mg; Se (Na2SeO3),0.2 mg; Zn (ZnSO4·H2O), 150 mg; Mg (MgO), 68 mg; Mn (MnSO4·H2O), 80 mg; Co (CoCl2), 0.3 mg
  3. 3ME = metabolized energy
  4. 4Values were estimated based on database of NRC [15]
  5. 5Analytical results obtained according to AOAC [16]