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Table 1 Ingredient composition of experimental diets

From: Dietary spray-dried plasma improves intestinal morphology of mated female mice under stress condition

 

Dietary treatmentsa

Item

CON

SDP1

SDP8

Ingredients, %

 Dried skim milk

53.10

50.67

33.68

 Corn starch

19.90

21.32

31.25

 Sucrose

10.00

10.00

10.00

 Spray-dried plasmab

1.00

8.00

 Soybean oil

7.00

7.00

7.00

 Cellulose

5.00

5.00

5.00

 AIN-93 MXc

3.50

3.50

3.50

 AIN-93 VXd

1.00

1.00

1.00

 DL-methionine

0.25

0.26

0.32

 Choline bitartrate

0.25

0.25

0.25

Calculated energy and nutrient levels

 ME, kcal/kg

3483

3492

3558

 Crude protein, %

18.28

18.25

18.00

 Ash, %

4.44

4.33

3.57

 Ca, %

1.18

1.14

0.94

 P, %

0.70

0.70

0.64

  1. aCON = control diet; SDP1 = 1% spray-dried plasma diet; SDP8 = 8% spray-dried plasma diet
  2. bThe SDP was from bovine blood (AP 920; APC, Inc., Ankeny, IA, USA)
  3. cDyets, Inc., Bethlehem, PA, USA. Provided as milligrams per kilogram of diet: calcium, 5000; phosphorus, 1561; potassium, 3600; sodium, 1019; chloride, 1571; sulfur, 300; magnesium, 507; iron, 35; copper, 6; manganese, 10; zinc, 30; chromium, 1; iodine, 0.2; selenium, 0.15; fluorine, 1; cobalt, 0.5; molybdenum, 0.15; silicon, 5; nickel, 0.5; lithium, 0.1; vanadium, 0.1
  4. dDyets, Inc., Bethlehem, PA, USA. Provided per kilogram of diet: thiamin HCl, 6 mg; riboflavin, 6 mg; pyridoxine HCl, 7 mg; niacin, 30 mg; calcium pantothenate, 16 mg; folic acid, 2 mg; biotin, 0.2 mg; cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12), 25 μg; vitamin A palmitate, 4000 IU; vitamin E acetate, 75 IU; vitamin D3, 1000 IU; vitamin K1, 0.75 mg