Table 1 Ingredient and nutrient composition of dietary components and experimental dietsa (on an air dry basis, g/kg unless otherwise stated).
Dietary components | Experimental diets | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CER | CER + ENZ | BAL | Basal | Basal + ENZ | |
Ingredient compositionb | |||||
Barley | 450.60 | 450.48 | 0.00 | 377.30 | 377.19 |
Wheat | 418.00 | 418.00 | 0.00 | 350.00 | 349.99 |
Soya bean meal | 0.00 | 0.00 | 829.60 | 135.00 | 134.97 |
Wheat pollard | 131.40 | 131.40 | 0.00 | 110.00 | 110.02 |
Limestone | 0.00 | 0.00 | 76.80 | 12.50 | 12.50 |
Lysine | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.90 | 4.40 | 4.37 |
Mono dicalcium phosphate | 0.00 | 0.00 | 22.60 | 3.70 | 3.68 |
Salt | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.40 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
L-threonine | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.70 | 1.10 | 1.09 |
Soya oil | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.10 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Vitamin and mineral premixc | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.10 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
DL-methionine | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.90 | 0.80 | 0.80 |
Celite | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.80 | 0.30 | 0.30 |
Enzymed | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 |
Component compositionb | |||||
Cereal fraction | 1,000.00 | 1,000.00 | 0.00 | 837.30 | 837.30 |
Balancer fraction | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,000.00 | 162.70 | 162.70 |
Nutrient compositione | |||||
Dry matter | 866.00 | 867.00 | 899.00 | 871.00 | 872.00 |
Crude protein | 103.00 | 106.00 | 423.00 | 155.00 | 157.00 |
Ash | 21.00 | 22.00 | 174.00 | 45.900 | 46.70 |
Oil | 27.00 | 27.00 | 28.00 | 27.20 | 27.20 |
Crude fibre | 39.00 | 39.00 | 28.00 | 37.20 | 37.20 |
Neutral detergent fibre | 139.00 | 134.00 | 67.00 | 127.30 | 123.10 |
Acid detergent fibre | 53.00 | 51.00 | 43.00 | 51.60 | 49.70 |
Net energy, MJ/kg | – | – | – | 9.40 | 9.40 |
Total lysine | 3.60 | 3.60 | 40.20 | 9.55 | 9.55 |
SIDf Lysine | – | – | – | 9.15 | 9.15 |
Total Ca | – | – | – | 6.48 | 6.48 |
Digestible P | – | – | – | 2.40 | 2.40 |
Xylanase activityg, VU/kg | 0.00 | 5,712 | – | 0.00 | 4,783 |
β-glucanase activityg, VU/kg | 0.00 | 5,542 | – | 0.00 | 4,640 |