Table 1.
Composition and nutrient levels of the basal diet.
| Items | Content |
|---|---|
| Ingredients (%) | |
| Corn | 62.50 |
| Soybean meal | 25.20 |
| Corn gluten meal | 0.50 |
| Rice bran | |
| Wheat bran | |
| Limestone | 9.50 |
| CaHPO4 | 0.90 |
| DL-Met | 0.10 |
| Premixa | 1.00 |
| NaCl | 0.30 |
| Total | 100.00 |
| Nutrient levelsb | |
| ME/(MJ/kg) | 10.91 |
| CP (%) | 15.98 |
| CF (%) | 2.10 |
| Ca (%) | 3.63 |
| P (%) | 0.27 |
| Lys (%) | 0.80 |
| Met (%) | 0.45 |
aThe premix provided the following per kg of the diet: VA 11 000 IU, VD3 3 000 IU, VE 12 IU; VK 3 mg; VB1 2 mg; VB2 6 mg; VB6 3 mg; VB12 0.012 mg; biotin 0.04 mg; folic acid 0.6 mg; niacin 20 mg; pantothenic acid 10 mg; ethoxyquin 0.4 mg; Cu 10 mg; I 0.35 mg; Fe 65 mg; Mn120 mg; Se 0.25 mg; Zn 65 mg. bNutrient levels were all calculated values.