Table 1 Diet composition of wheat-based and maize-based diets. The data were previously determined and are reported elsewhere [11]
Ingredient, % | Wheat-based | Maize-based | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Starter | Grower | Finisher | Starter | Grower | Finisher | |
Wheat | 49.4 | 58.8 | 65.9 | – | – | – |
Maize | 10.0 | 5.0 | – | 57.3 | 59.6 | 59.1 |
Soybean meal 48CP1 | 24.4 | 19.5 | 17.0 | 27.2 | 24.3 | 24.3 |
Toasted soybeans | 10.0 | 10.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 8.0 |
Soybean oil | 1.4 | 2.4 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 3.9 |
Monocalcium phosphate | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
Limestone | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
DL-Methionine | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
L-Lysine HCl | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
Salt | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Na-Bicarbonate | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
L-Threonine | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
L-Valine | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Coccidiostat | Sacox2 | Sacox | – | Sacox | Sacox | – |
Premix article3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Diamol4 | – | – | 1.0 | – | – | 1.0 |
Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Calculated chemical composition, % as is | ||||||
 ME5, MJ/kg | 11.8 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 12.0 | 12.4 | 12.8 |
 Crude protein | 21.8 | 20.1 | 18.5 | 21.2 | 19.9 | 19.2 |
 NDF | 10.0 | 10.1 | 10.0 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.4 |
 Crude fat | 4.9 | 5.7 | 7.1 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 8.0 |
 Arg | 1.46 | 1.31 | 1.18 | 1.47 | 1.37 | 1.31 |
 Met + Cys | 0.69 | 0.64 | 0.60 | 0.67 | 0.64 | 0.62 |
 Ile | 0.92 | 0.84 | 0.76 | 0.92 | 0.86 | 0.83 |
 Leu | 1.65 | 1.49 | 1.35 | 1.83 | 1.74 | 1.68 |
 Lys | 1.14 | 1.01 | 0.90 | 1.18 | 1.09 | 1.05 |
 Thr | 0.79 | 0.72 | 0.65 | 0.82 | 0.77 | 0.74 |
 Val | 1.02 | 0.93 | 0.85 | 1.02 | 0.96 | 0.92 |
 Ca | 0.87 | 0.81 | 0.67 | 0.88 | 0.78 | 0.71 |
 Cl | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.22 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.21 |
 K | 0.92 | 0.83 | 0.75 | 0.95 | 0.90 | 0.86 |
 Na | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.17 |
 Total P | 0.68 | 0.65 | 0.56 | 0.70 | 0.66 | 0.61 |
 Available P | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.27 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.29 |
Analyzed chemical composition, % dry matter | ||||||
 Dry matter, % as is | – | – | 90.3 | – | – | 89.5 |
 Starch | – | – | 40.4 | – | – | 37.4 |
 Crude protein (N × 6.25) | – | – | 20.5 | – | – | 20.7 |
 Ash | – | – | 5.9 | – | – | 6.5 |
 NSP6 | – | – | 21.0 | – | – | 18.6 |
 NGP7 | – | – | 9.8 | – | – | 8.7 |
 AX8 | – | – | 5.0 | – | – | 3.4 |
Analyzed enzyme activity (of enzyme-supplemented diets) | ||||||
 Xylanase, EPU9/kg feed | – | – | 1550 | – | – | 1740 |
 Cellulase, CU10/kg feed | – | – | 240 | – | – | 190 |