Table 1.
The formulation and calculated nutrient levels of basal diet (%, as-fed basis unless otherwise stated)
| Ingredients | Content |
|---|---|
| Corn | 78.47 |
| Soy protein isolate | 16.50 |
| Limestone | 1.40 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 1.95 |
| Sodium chloride | 0.30 |
| L-lysine | 0.20 |
| DL-methionine | 0.18 |
| Premixa | 1.0 |
| Apparent metabolizable energy (MJ/kg) | 13.0 |
| Crude protein | 21.0 |
| Calcium | 0.98 |
| Available phosphorus | 0.46 |
| Lysine | 1.21 |
| Methionine | 0.53 |
| Methionine+cysteine | 0.83 |
a
Premix provided per kilogram of diet: transretinyl acetate, 24 mg; cholecalciferol, 6 mg; all-rac-α-tocopherol acetate, 20 mg; menadione, 1.3 mg; thiamin, 2.2 mg; riboflavin, 8 mg; nicotinamide, 40 mg; choline chloride, 400 mg; calcium pantothenate, 10 mg; pyridoxine·HCl, 4 mg; biotin, 0.04 mg; folic acid, 1 mg; vitamin B12 (cobalamin), 0.013 mg; Fe (from ferrous sulfate), 80 mg; Cu (from copper sulfate), 7.5 mg; Mn (from manganese sulfate), 110 mg; Zn (from zinc oxide), 65 mg; I (from calcium iodate), 1.1 mg; Se (from sodium selenite), 0.3 mg; bacitracin zinc, 30 mg.