Table 1 Basal diet formula and composition according to the 4-phase feeding program
Ingredient, g/100 g | Feeding phase | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Starter (0–9 d) | Grower I (10–21 d) | Grower II (22–35 d) | Finisher (36–49 d) | |
Corn | 37.60 | 44.88 | 34.99 | 25.00 |
White corn | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
Wheat | 12.49 | 12.51 | 15.83 | 22.29 |
Sorghum | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 10.00 |
Pea | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
Soybean meal | 25.04 | 17.10 | 13.26 | 11.36 |
Roasted soybean | 10.00 | 15.00 | 15.00 | 15.00 |
Sunflower meal | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
Corn gluten meal | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Soybean oil | 2.36 | 2.01 | 2.69 | 3.47 |
Calcium carbonate | 0.32 | 0.56 | 0.73 | 0.93 |
Dicalcium phosphate | 1.48 | 0.54 | 0.29 | 0.00 |
Sodium bicarbonate | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.15 | 0.15 |
Sodium chloride | 0.36 | 0.31 | 0.25 | 0.25 |
Choline chloride | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.06 |
Lysine sulphate | 0.58 | 0.56 | 0.54 | 0.49 |
DL-methionine | 0.31 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.05 |
Methionine hydroxy analogue | 0.00 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.28 |
L-threonine | 0.21 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.12 |
Amino acid mix (arginine, valine, isoleucine) | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.13 |
Non-starch polysaccharides-degrading enzyme | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
Phytase | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 |
Emulsifier | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
Mycotoxin binder | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Vitamin and mineral premixa | 0.50 | 0.45 | 0.36 | 0.25 |
Calculated and analyzed composition | ||||
Dry matter, % | 88.50 | 88.42 | 88.30 | 88.30 |
Crude protein, % | 24.02 | 20.78 | 19.52 | 19.13 |
Total lipid, % | 6.05 | 6.73 | 7.47 | 8.12 |
Crude fiber, % | 2.90 | 2.91 | 2.84 | 2.84 |
Ash, % | 5.31 | 4.48 | 4.22 | 4.07 |
Total lysine, % | 1.47 | 1.31 | 1.23 | 1.16 |
Total arginine, % | 1.59 | 1.42 | 1.32 | 1.25 |
Total arginine:total lysineb | 1.08 | 1.08 | 1.07 | 1.08 |
Total methionine + total cysteine, % | 1.10 | 0.99 | 0.93 | 0.89 |
Calcium, %b | 0.76 | 0.60 | 0.57 | 0.55 |
Phosphorus, %b | 0.65 | 0.47 | 0.41 | 0.36 |
Metabolizable energy, kcal/kgb | 3,050 | 3,152 | 3,225 | 3,275 |