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Table 1 Ingredient and chemical composition of diets

From: The effects of dietary supplementation with mushroom or selenium enriched mushroom powders on the growth performance and intestinal health of post-weaned pigs

Item

Dietary treatments1

Ingredients, g/kg unless otherwise stated

Basal

ZnO

inSeMP

orgSeMP

Sodium selenite, mg/kg

6.5

6.5

6.5

0

Mushroom powder

0

0

6.5

0

Se Mushroom powder

0

0

0

6.5

Ground wheat

357.9

354.8

351.4

351.4

Full-fat soya bean

170

170

170

170

Soya bean meal (48% CP)

105

105

105

105

Whey powder (900 g CP/kg)

50

50

50

50

Zinc oxide

0

3.1

0

0

Soya oil

30

30

30

30

Soybean concentrate

65

65

65

65

Flaked wheat

127.5

127.5

127.5

127.5

Flaked maize

70

70

70

70

L-Lysine-HCl

4

4

4

4

DL-Methionine

2

2

2

2

L-Threonine

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

L-Tryptophan

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

Sodium bicarbonate

2

2

2

2

Monocalcium phosphate

4

4

4

4

Vitamin and mineral premix2

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

Calcium carbonate (limestone)

6

6

6

6

Salt

2

2

2

2

Analysed chemical analysis

 Gross energy, MJ/kg

16.9

16.9

16.8

16.9

 Dry matter

899.0

899.5

897.5

898.1

 Crude protein

208.0

208.3

208.5

208.5

 Lysine, %3

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

 Threonine, %3

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

 Methionine and cysteine, %3

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

 Tryptophan, %3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

 Standardised ileal digestible lysine3

13.0

13.0

13.0

13.0

 Crude fat

79.8

80.3

80.2

80.0

 Crude fibre

28.0

28.0

28.2

28.3

 Neutral detergent fibre

98.9

98.8

99.5

99.3

 Ash

46.2

46.1

46.0

46.2

 Selenium, mg/kg

0.33

0.29

0.31

0.32

 β-glucan, mg/kg

0

0

649.2

649.7

  1. InSeMP mushroom powder supplemented with inorganic selenium, orgSeMP mushroom powder enriched with organic selenium
  2. 1Dietary treatments: (1) Basal diet; (2) basal diet + ZnO (3100 mg/kg d 1–14, 1550 mg/kg d 15–21); (3) basal diet + inSeMP containing an inorganic selenium (selenite) content of 0.3 mg/kg feed and a β-glucan content of 650 mg/kg feed; (4) basal diet + orgSeMP containing an organic selenium (selenocysteine) content of 0.3 mg/kg feed and a β-glucan content of 650 mg/kg feed
  3. 2Provided (per kg diet): 1.8 mg retinol; 0.025 mg cholecalciferol; 67 mg tocopherol; 4 mg menaquinone; 0.1 mg cyanocobalamin; 2 mg riboflavin; 12 mg nicotinic acid; 10 mg pantothenic acid; 250 mg choline chloride; 2 mg thiamine; 0.015 mg pyridoxine; 25 mg copper (copper sulfate); 140 mg iron; 47 mg Manganese; 120 mg Zinc; 0.6 mg iodine; 0.3 mg sulfur
  4. 3Calculated for the tabulated nutritional composition [30]