Table 1.
Ingredients and nutrient composition of base diets, as feed basis.
| Ingredients (%) | Starter (Days 1–28) |
Grower (Days 29–56) |
Nutritional Level | Starter (Days 1–28) |
Grower (Days 29–56) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corn | 54.4 | 53 | Me (kcal/kg) | 2983 | 3090 |
| Soybean meal | 23.6 | 16 | CP (%) | 20.4 | 17.2 |
| Expanded soybean | 5 | 3 | Lysine (%) | 1.18 | 0.96 |
| Rice DDGS | 5 | 8 | Methionine (%) | 0.55 | 0.44 |
| Rice bran | / | 8 | Met + Cys (%) | 0.90 | 0.74 |
| Corn bran | / | 2 | Tryptophan (%) | 0.22 | 0.20 |
| Soybean oil | 2.2 | 4.5 | Threonine (%) | 0.88 | 0.78 |
| Limestone | 1.5 | 1.9 | Calcium (%) | 0.86 | 0.73 |
| Fermented soybean meal | 2.5 | / | Total P (%) | 0.70 | 0.71 |
| Corn gluten meal | 2.0 | / | Available P (%) | 0.43 | 0.44 |
| CaHPO4 (2H2O) | 2.0 | 1.8 | |||
| NaCl | 0.3 | 0.3 | |||
| Premix a | 1.5 | 1.5 | |||
| Total | 100.00 | 100.00 |
a The following substances were supplied per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 10,000 IU; vitamin D3, 2500 IU; vitamin E, 20 mg; vitamin B1, 1.5 mg; vitamin B2, 3.5 mg; pantothenic acid, 10 mg; vitamin B12, 0.01 mg; folic acid, 1 mg; niacin 30 mg; Choline chloride, 1000 mg; Cu (CuSO4·5H2O), 8 mg; Fe (FeSO4·7H2O), 80 mg; Zn (MnSO4·7H2O), 60 mg; Se (NaSeO3), 0.15 mg; I (KI), 0.2 mg.