Table 1. Ingredient and chemical compositions of experimental diets (as-fed basis, %)

Ingredient (%) Dietary microalgae concentration (%)
0 0.5 1.0 1.5
Corn 55.57 55.57 55.57 55.57
Soybean meal 36.71 36.71 36.71 36.71
Soybean oil 1.80 1.80 1.80 1.80
Microalgae 0.00 0.50 1.00 1.50
Cornstarch 1.50 1.00 0.50 0.00
Dicalcium phosphate 1.90 1.90 1.90 1.90
Limestone 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.45
Vitamin premix1 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20
Mineral premix2 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20
Choline chloride 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09
L-Arg 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13
L-Lys 0.31 0.31 0.31 0.31
L-Ile 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06
L-Cys 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14
DL-Met 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25
L-Thr 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20
L-Val 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09
Salt 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40
Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
Supplies the following per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 24,000 IU; vitamin D3, 8,000 IU; vitamin E, 160 mg/kg; vitamin K3, 8 mg/kg; vitamin B1, 8 mg/kg; vitamin B2, 20 mg/kg; vitamin B6, 12 mg/kg; pantothenic acid, 40 mg/kg; folic acid, 4 mg/kg; niacin, 12 mg/kg.
Supplies the following per kilogram of diet: Fe, 120 mg/kg; Cu, 320 mg/kg; Zn, 200 mg/kg; Mn, 240 mg/kg; Co, 2 mg/kg; Se, 0.6 mg/kg; I, 2.5 mg/kg.