Table 1.
Basal diet1
| Constituents | Composition (w/w %) |
| Soyamin | 23.40 |
| Corn | 33.00 |
| Cerelose (glucose monohydrate) | 28.00 |
| Corn Oil | 4.90 |
| Mineral salts2 | 5.35 |
| Vitamins3 | 2.00 |
| Trace minerals4 | 2.00 |
| I-methionine | 0.30 |
| dl-homocysteine | 0.60 |
| Glycine | 0.30 |
| Choline chloride | 0.15 |
1 Metabolizable energy calculated as 13.8 MJ (3000 kcal) per kg diet 2 Salt mixture (g/kg diet): CaHPO4, 20.0; CaCO3, 15.0; KH2PO4, 11.0; NaCl, 4; MgSO4, 3.5. 3 Vitamin premix (mg/kg diet): retinyl palmitate, 5.49; cholecalciferol, 0.016; all-rac-α-tocopheryl acetate, 55.0; menadione sodium bisulfite, 1.52; thiamine • HCl, 15; nicotinic acid, 50; pyridoxine • HCl, 3; calcium-d-pantothenate, 20; cyanocobalamin, 0.02; folic acid, 6.0; biotin, 0.6. 4 Trace minerals (mg/kg diet): C12H22FeO4 • 2H2O, 700; MnSO4 • 7H2O, 170; ZnO, 65; CuSO4 • 5H2O, 20; Na2MoO4 • 2H2O, 5; CoCl2 • 6H2O, 1.5; Na2SeO3 • 5H2O, 0.5; KIO3, 0.7.