Table 5.
Composition of diet distributed during the rearing period.
| Ingredients | Amount (g.kg-1) |
|---|---|
| Corn | 60.4 |
| Wheat (Rialto) | 525.0 |
| Soybean meal 48 | 284.0 |
| Corn gluten 60 | 31.0 |
| Soybean oil | 60.0 |
| DL methionine | 1.2 |
| L-Lysine 78 | 2.2 |
| Calcium carbonate | 13.4 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 15.8 |
| Sodium chloride | 3.0 |
| Mineral and vitamin mix1 | 3.5 |
| Robenidine2 | 0.5 |
| Characteristics3 (calculated) | |
| AMEn (kcal. kg-1) | 2 943 |
| Crude proteins (%) | 20.5 |
| Lysine (%) | 1.16 |
| Methionine + Cystine (%) | 0.76 |
| Calcium (%) | 1.11 |
| Total phosphorus (%) | 0.66 |
| Non-phytate phosphorus (%) | 0.42 |
1Supplied per kilogram of diet: 0.5 mg Co; 16 mg Cu; 47 mg Fe; 1.6 mg I; 65 mg Mn; 0.2 mg Se; 72 mg Zn; 12,000 IU retinyl acetate; 3,440 IU cholecalciferol; 80 mg dl-α tocopheryl acetate; 4 mg thiamine; 6.4 mg riboflavin; 20 mg calcium pantothenate; 0.02 mg vitamin B12; 4 mg menadione; 5.6 mg pyridoxine hydrochloride; 0.4 mg folic acid; 0.24 mg biotin; 80 mg niacin; 440 mg choline; 40 mg antioxidant; 2Robenz, Alpharma Animal Health, Bridgewater, NJ; 3Calculated [36]