Table 2.
Ingredients, % | Starter | Finisher |
Corn | 57.27 | 60.99 |
Soybean meal | 35.20 | 30.00 |
Cottonseed meal | 2.00 | 4.00 |
Soybean oil | 2.00 | 2.00 |
NaCl | 0.36 | 0.35 |
Limestone | 2.00 | 1.70 |
Calcium hydrogen phosphate | 0.30 | 0.30 |
Choline chloride | 0.05 | 0.05 |
L-lysine hydrochloride | 0.14 | 0.06 |
Mineral premixa | 0.30 | 0.30 |
Phytase | 0.10 | 0.10 |
Vitamin premixb | 0.03 | 0.03 |
DL-methionine | 0.25 | 0.12 |
Total | 100.00 | 100.00 |
Nutritional levelc, % | ||
Apparent metabolizable energy, kcal/kg | 2,949.26 | 3,044.86 |
Crude protein | 21.91 | 19.89 |
Calcium | 0.96 | 0.91 |
Total phosphorus | 0.61 | 0.60 |
Available phosphorus | 0.40 | 0.40 |
Methionine | 0.57 | 0.45 |
Methionine + Cysteine | 0.90 | 0.75 |
Lysine | 1.21 | 1.05 |
aMineral premix provided the following per kg of the diet: Mn, 80 mg; I, 0.40 mg; Fe, 80 mg; Cu, 10 mg; Zn, 70 mg; Se, 0.30 mg
bVitamin premix provided the following per kg of the diet: vitamin A, 250,000 IU; vitamin D, 50,000 IU; vitamin K3, 53 mg; vitamin B1, 40 mg; vitamin B2, 120 mg; vitamin B12, 0.50 mg; vitamin E, 600 IU; biotin, 0.65 mg; folic acid, 25 mg; pantothenic acid, 240 mg; niacin, 1,000 mg
cThe nutrient levels were calculated values