Table 1 Analysed chemical composition, gross energy, and total amino acid content of the experimental starter (0 to 11Â days) and grower (11 to 21Â days) rations
| Â | Starter rations | Grower rations | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
C | TAG | C | TAG | |
Chemical composition | ||||
DM (%) | 88.00 | 89.00 | 88.30 | 88.30 |
Crude ash (%) | 6.20 | 10.40 | 5.70 | 5.30 |
CP (%) | 22.82 | 24.12 | 21.14 | 23.21 |
NDF (%) | 7.80 | 7.90 | 7.70 | 7.50 |
ADF (%) | 4.15 | 3.88 | 3.53 | 3.48 |
Sucrose (%) | 5.36 | 3.95 | 4.17 | 4.44 |
Total starch (%) | 35.80 | 34.10 | 39.80 | 36.00 |
EE (%) | 3.83 | 4.21 | 4.80 | 4.53 |
AHEE (%) | 4.74 | 5.02 | 5.74 | 5.24 |
GE (MJ/kg) | 16.45 | 16.63 | 16.77 | 16.77 |
Amino acids composition (%) | ||||
Methionine | 0.55 | 0.50 | 0.46 | 0.50 |
Cysteine | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.35 | 0.35 |
Methionine + cysteine | 0.90 | 0.86 | 0.81 | 0.85 |
Lysine | 1.45 | 1.31 | 1.26 | 1.35 |
Threonine | 0.98 | 1.16 | 0.87 | 1.10 |
Arginine | 1.48 | 1.76 | 1.36 | 1.68 |
Isoleucine | 0.95 | 0.90 | 0.88 | 0.90 |
Leucine | 1.55 | 1.49 | 1.47 | 1.50 |
Valine | 1.10 | 1.02 | 0.99 | 1.02 |
Histidine | 0.52 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.51 |
Phenylalanine | 1.02 | 0.98 | 0.97 | 1.00 |
Glycine | 0.87 | 0.85 | 0.84 | 0.84 |
Serine | 1.04 | 1.02 | 0.99 | 1.01 |
Proline | 1.33 | 1.33 | 1.27 | 1.33 |
Alanine | 0.88 | 0.85 | 0.84 | 0.86 |
Aspartic acid | 2.04 | 1.95 | 1.91 | 1.97 |
Glutamic acid | 4.31 | 5.19 | 4.17 | 5.16 |