Table 3.

Composition of the basal diet.

Ingredients, %
Corn	67.23
Soybean meal	22.97
Vegetable oil	0.42
Calcium carbonate	7.86
Dibasic calcium phosphate hydrate	0.91
Sodium chloride	0.27
dl-Methionine	0.09
Vitamin mixturea	0.10
Mineral mixtureb	0.10
Selenium	0.05
Calculated value
Crude protein, %	15.50
Metabolizable energy, Mcal/kg	2.80
Non-phytate P, %	0.30
Calcium, %	3.30
Vitamin D, IU/kg	500.00

^aVitamin mixture contained the following components (per kilogram of diet): vitamin A (from retinyl acetate), 10,000 IU; cholecalciferol, 500 IU; vitamin E (from dl-α-tocopheryl acetate), 15 IU; vitamin K (menadione sodium bisulfate), 0.8 mg; riboflavin, 7 mg; d-calcium pantothenate, 5 mg; nicotinic acid, 25 mg; choline chloride, 400 mg; pyridoxine hydrochloride, 3 mg; folic acid, 1.5 mg; thiamine mononitrate, 1.5 mg; biotin, 0.2 mg; and vitamin B12, (cyanocobalamin), 10 μg.

^bMineral mixture contained the following components (per kilogram of diet): iron (FeSO₄⋅7H₂O), 80 mg; manganese (MnCO₃⋅nH₂O), 60 mg; zinc (ZnO), 40 mg; copper (CuSO₄⋅5H₂O), 8 mg; and iodine (calcium iodate), 0.5 mg.