Table 2.

Composition of the basal diets of both experiments.

Composition (g/Kg of diet)	Experiment  1	Experiment  2
Barley	20.0	70.0
Wheat	300.0	500.0
Maize	300.0	0.0
Animal fat	15.0	48.2
Full fat soybean	35.0	28.6
Soybean meal 440	272.0	20.0
Gluten feed	20.0	0.0
Soybean meal 470	0.0	287.4
Sodium bicarbonate	0.3	0.5
Calcium carbonate	14.0	11.2
Monocalcium phosphate	13.5	19.6
Sodium chloride	3.9	3.5
L-Choline 75	0.9	0.9
DL(+)-Methionine	1.9	3.4
L-Threonine	0.0	0.6
L-Lysine	0.7	3.3
Coccidiostatea	0.6	0.6
Mineral premixb	1.1	1.1
Vitamin premixc	1.1	1.1

^aC-Maxiban G150.

^bPremix contained per kg of diet: Co 0.15 g, Cu 8 g, Fe 40 g, I 1.9 g, Mn 80 g, Se 0.25 g, Zn 65 g.

^cPremix contained per kg of diet: Vitamin A 12000 IU, Vitamin D₃ 4000 IU, Vitamin E 50 IU, Vitamin K 3.5 mg, Vitamin B₁ 2.5 mg, Vitamin B₂ 7 mg, pantothenic acid 14 mg, Vitamin B₆ 3 mg, Vitamin B₁₂ 15 mg, nicotinic acid 55 mg, folic acid 1 mg, biotin 0.17 mg.