Table 1.
Composition and chemical analysis of the basal diet
| Items | |
|---|---|
| Ingredients (%) | |
| Yellow corn | 59.70 |
| Soybean meal (44% CP) | 24.02 |
| Wheat bran | 5.40 |
| Corn oil | 1.00 |
| Di-Calcium phosphate | 1.45 |
| Limestone | 7.77 |
| Vitamin-mineral premix1) | 0.30 |
| Sodium chloride | 0.30 |
| DL-Methionine | 0.06 |
| Nutritional analysis | |
| Crude protein (%) | 16.0 |
| Metabolizable energy (kcal/kg) | 2700 |
| Crude fibre (%) | 3.72 |
| Calcium (%) | 3.30 |
| Available phosphorus (%) | 0.40 |
| Lysine (%) | 0.90 |
| Methionine (%) | 0.35 |
| Methionine+cysteine (%) | 0.62 |
1)
Each 3 kg of mixture contained: Vit. A, 10,000,000 IU; Vit. D3, 2,000,000 IU; Vit. E, 10,000 mg; Vit. K3, 1,000 mg; Vit. B1, 1,000 mg; Vit. B2, 5,000 mg; Vit. B6, 1,500 mg; Vit. B12, 10 mg; Pantothenic acid, 10,000 mg; Niacin, 30,000 mg; Folic acid, 1,000 mg; Biotin, 50 mg; Choline, 250,000 mg; Manganese, 60,000 mg; Zinc, 50,000 mg; Copper, 10,000 mg; Iron, 30,000; Iodine, 1,000 mg; Selenium, 100 mg; Cobalt, 100 mg; CaCO3 3,000 mg.