Table 2.

Composition and nutrient profile of the basal diets (as fed basis), %

Item	Phase 1 (d 1 to 14)	Phase 2 (d 15 to 35)
Ingredients, %
Corn	43.63	53.78
Soybean meal	35.08	28.18
Corn gluten meal	13.00	10.00
Wheat bran	3.00	3.00
Soy oil	1.76	1.51
TCP	1.81	1.81
Limestone	0.94	0.94
Salt	0.36	0.36
Methionine (99%)	0.19	0.19
Lysine	0.03	0.03
Mineral mix1	0.10	0.10
Vitamin mix2	0.10	0.10
Total	100.00	100.00
Calculated value
Crude protein, %	23.00	20.00
Calcium, %	1.10	1.07
Phosphorus, %	0.83	0.79
Available phosphorus, %	0.54	0.52
Lysine, %	1.26	1.06
Methionine, %	0.54	0.50
Metabolized energy, kcal/kg	3,200	3,200
FAT,%	4.45	4.32
Fiber,%	3.55	3.30
Ash,%	6.76	6.30

¹Provided per kg of complete diet: 37.5 mg Zn (as ZnSO₄); 37.5 mg Mn (as MnO₂); 37.5 mg Fe (as FeSO₄·7H₂O); 3.75 mg Cu (as CuSO₄·5H₂O)

²Provided per kg of complete diet: 15,000 IU of vitamin A, 3,750 IU of vitamin D₃, 37.5 IU of vitamin E, 2.55 mg of vitamin K₃, 3 mg of thiamin, 7.5 mg of riboflavin, 4.5 mg of vitamin B₆, 24 μg of vitamin B₁₂, 51 mg of niacin, 1.5 mg of folic acid, 0.2 mg of biotin and 13.5 mg of calcium pantothenate