Table 1.
Ingredient composition of experimental diets as-fed basis

Raw material CP: 14.5% (M+C: 0.56)/ ME: 2,710 CP: 19% (M+C: 0.85)/ME:2,850 kcal/kg) CP: 19% (M+C: 0.85)/ME:2,870 kcal/kg) CP: 19% (M+C: 0.85)/ME:2,890 kcal/kg) CP: 18% (M+C: 0.80)/ ME: 2,850kcal/kg)
Corn (Non-GMO) 51.01 49.01 48.53 48.06 50.61
Wheat 6 4 4 4 5
Soy (full fat) 3 8 8 8 8
Wheat Bran 16
Soy bean meal (Non-GMO) 3.42 8.46 8.54 8.63 5.19
Canola meal 1 1 1 1 1
Corn gluten meal (Non-GMO) 1.72 7 7 7 7
Sesame Meal 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5
DDGS (distiller’s dried grains with soluble)- Corn 4 4 4 4 4
Palm kernel meal 3 1.47
Tallow 0.5 0.86 1.26 1.66 0.5
Molasses (Cane) 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Limestone 3.45 10.12 10.12 10.11 9.95
MDCP (Mono dicalcium Phosphate) 0.97 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.75
Salt 0.17 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.02
NaHCO3 (Sodium bicarbonate) 0.21 0.28 0.28 0.27 0.4
Methionine (99%) 0.01 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.15
Lysine (50%) 0.24 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.51
Threonine (98.5%) 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02
Tryptophan (20%) 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.11
Vitamin premix 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.12
Choline (50%) 0.08 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Mineral premix 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Calculated value
Moisture (%) 11.55 10.01 9.95 9.9 10.06
Crude protein (%) 14.5 19 19 19 18
Crude fat (%) 4.6 5.29 5.67 6.05 5.07
Crude fiber (%) 4.24 2.8 2.79 2.79 2.87
Crude ash (%) 7.72 14.49 14.49 14.49 13.94
ME (kcal/kg) 2,710 2,850 2,870 2,890 2,850
Ca (%) 1.6 4.12 4.12 4.12 4
Available P (%) 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.39
Methionine + Cysteine (%) 0.56 0.85 0.85 0.85 0.8
Provided per kilograms of diet: vitamin A, 10,800 IU; vitamin D3, 4,000 IU; vitamin E, 40 IU; vitamin K3, 4 mg; vitamin B1, 6 mg; vitamin B2, 12 mg; vitamin B6, 6 mg; vitamin B12, 0.05 mg; biotin, 0.2 mg; folic acid, 2 mg; niacin, 50 mg; D-calcium pantothenate, 25 mg.
Provided per kg diet: Fe, 100 mg as ferrous sulfate; Cu, 17 mg as copper sulfate; Mn, 17 mg as manganese oxide; Zn, 100 mg as zinc oxide; I, 0.5 mg as potassium iodide; and Se, 0.3 mg as sodium selenite.