Table 1.
Ingredients and chemical composition (%) of the experimental diets (as-fed basis)1

Item Corn Wheat SBM CM DDGS N-free
Test feed ingredient 94.82 93.03 41.24 52.63 73.00 -
Corn starch - - 49.90 39.39 18.67 28.91
Sucrose - - - - - 55.00
Soybean oil - 2.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00
Calcium phosphate 1.78 1.57 1.70 1.37 0.79 2.20
Limestone 2.00 2.00 1.76 1.21 2.14 1.70
Vitamin-mineral premix2 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 1.00
Chromic oxide 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50
Sodium chloride 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 -
Cellulose - - - - - 5.00
Choline chloride - - - - - 0.25
Sodium bicarbonate - - - - - 0.75
Potassium chloride - - - - - 0.30
Magnesium oxide - - - - - 0.09
Potassium carbonate - - - - - 0.30
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Calculated composition (%)
Crude protein 8.1 13.1 20.0 20.0 20.0 -
Apparent metabolizable energy (kcal/kg) 3,176 2,865 3,372 2,991 2,905 3,365
Calcium 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Non-phytate phosphorus 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.45
Total amino acids
Arg 0.4 0.6 1.3 1.1 0.7 -
His 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 -
Ile 0.3 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.7 -
Leu 0.9 0.8 1.4 1.3 1.6 -
Lys 0.2 0.3 1.1 10.2 0.5 -
Met 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 -
Met + Cys 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.7 -
Phe 0.4 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.9 -
Phe + Tyr 0.6 1.0 1.7 1.3 1.4 -
Thr 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.8 0.7 -
Trp 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 -
Val 0.0 0.5 0.9 0.9 0.9 -
SBM, soybean meal; CM, canola meal; DDGS, corn distillers dried grains with solubles.
Provided per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 18,000 IU; vitamin D3, 8,000 IU; vitamin E, 100 IU; vitamin K3, 5.0 mg; vitamin B1, 4.0 mg; vitamin B2, 12.0 mg; vitamin B6, 6.0 mg; vitamin B12, 26 μg; niacin, 100 mg; folic acid, 3 mg; biotin, 0.2 mg; panthothenic acid, 30.0 mg; Mn, 192 mg as manganese sulfate; Zn, 180 mg as zinc sulfate; Fe, 100 mg as ferrous sulfate and ferric oxide; Cu, 48.0 mg as copper sulfate; I, 2.4 mg as calcium iodate; and Se, 0.72 mg as sodium selenite.