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. 2014 Dec 1;9(12):e114236. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114236

Table 1. Composition and nutrient level of diets (as fed basis).

1–21 d 22–42 d
Items CM HM CM HM
Ingredient (%)
Corn 57.0 57.0 61.9 61.9
Soybean meal 31.3 31.3 25.6 25.6
Corn gluten meal 3.9 3.9 4.3 4.3
Soybean oil 3.1 3.1 3.8 3.8
Dicalcium phosphate 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.6
Limestone 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2
L-Lysine, HCl 0.15 0.15 0.2 0.2
DL-Methionine 0.15 0.25 0.1 0.2
Sodium chloride 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Vitamin and mineral mixa 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Calculated nutrient content
Metabolizable energy (MJ/kg) 12.69 12.71 13.10 13.12
CP (%) 21.52 21.58 19.71 19.77
Lysine (%) 1.14 1.14 1.04 1.04
Methionine (%) 0.50 0.60 0.43 0.53
Total sulfur amino acids (%) 0.85 0.95 0.76 0.86
Calcium (%) 1.00 1.00 0.90 0.90
Non-phytate phosphorus (%) 0.46 0.46 0.42 0.42
Analyzed nutrient content
DM (%) 90.40 90.52 89.08 88.73
CP (%) 21.76 21.69 19.23 19.54
Ether extract (%) 5.96 5.89 5.67 5.75
Lysine (%) 1.18 1.15 1.02 1.06
Methionine (%) 0.51 0.63 0.40 0.55
Total sulfur amino acids (%) 0.89 0.97 0.73 0.82
Methionine/total sulfur amino acids 0.57 0.65 0.55 0.67
Methionine/lysine 0.43 0.55 0.39 0.52
a

Providing the following per mg/kg diet: retinyl acetate, 3.44; cholecalciferol, 0.075; all-rac-α-tocopherol acetate, 30; menadione, 1.3; thiamin, 2.2; riboflavin, 8; nicotinamide, 40; choline chloride, 600; calcium pantothenate, 10; pyridoxine·HCl, 4; biotin, 0.04; folic acid, 1; cobalamin, 0.013; Fe (as FeSO4.H2O), 80; Cu (as CuSO4.5H2O), 8; Mn (as MnSO4.H2O), 110; Zn (as ZnO), 65; I (as KIO3), 1.1; Se (as Na2SeO3), 0.3.