Table 1.

Diet composition and nutrient content of the experimental control diets, as-fed.

Ingredient, %	Starter	Grower	Finisher
	0–14 d	14–28 d	28–42 d
Corn	26.97	24.56	22.89
Wheat	12.00	15.00	15.00
Brown rice	10.00	12.00	15.00
Soybean meal, 46% crude protein	30.34	26.07	21.27
Wheat shorts	10.00	10.00	10.00
Corn gluten meal	3.00	4.00	5.00
Peanut meal	2.00	2.00	3.00
Soya oil	1.35	2.51	4.43
Limestone	1.51	1.41	1.28
Dicalcium phosphate	1.35	1.03	0.78
L-Lysine sulfate	0.45	0.43	0.42
DL-Methionine	0.24	0.18	0.13
Salt	0.30	0.30	0.30
Vit-min premix1	0.50	0.50	0.50
Total	100.00	100.00	100.00
Formulated nutrients, %
Crude protein, %	23.00	22.00	21.00
AME, kcal/kg	2869	2999	3179
Total Ca, %	0.90	0.80	0.70
Total P, %	0.65	0.57	0.51

¹Vitamin-mineral premix provided (per kg of diet): vitamin A 9,000 IU, vitamin D₃ 2,000 IU, vitamin E 11 IU, vitamin K₃ 1.0 mg, vitamin B₁ 1.2 mg, vitamin B₂ 5.8 mg, vitamin B₆ 2.6 mg, vitamin B₁₂ 0.012 mg, niacin 66 mg, pantothenic acid 10 mg, biotin 0.10 mg, folic acid 0.7 mg, I 0.65 mg, Se 0.35 mg.