Table 1.

Ingredients and chemical compositions of the basal diets (starter)

Item
Ingredients (%, as-fed basis)
Yellow corn	45.15
Wheat	23.00
Wheat bran	4.00
Soybean meal	18.00
Limestone	0.98
Calcium phosphate	1.10
Salt	0.25
Vitamin and mineral premix1	0.55
Animal fat	2.50
Molasses	4.30
L-lysine	0.17
Chemical composition (as-fed basis)2
ME (kcal/kg)	3,265.00
Crude protein (%)	18.00
Ca (%)	0.70
Available phosphorus (%)	0.55
Lysine (%)	0.95
Methionine (%)	0.30

¹Vitamin and mineral premix provided the following nutrients per kg of complete diet: vitamin A, 6,000 IU; vitamin D₃, 800 IU; vitamin E, 20 IU; vitamin K₃, 2 mg; thiamin, 2 mg; riboflavin, 4 mg; vitamin B₆, 2 mg; vitamin B₁₂, 1 mg; pantothenicacid, 11 mg; niacin, 10 mg; biotin, 0.02 mg; Cu (copper sulfate), 21 mg; Fe (ferrous sulfate), 100 mg; Zn (zinc sulfate), 60 mg; Mn (manganese sulfate), 90 mg; I (calcium iodate), 1.0 mg; Co (cobalt nitrate), 0.3 mg; Se (sodium selenite), 0.3 mg.

²Calculated values.