Table 1.

Composition and nutrient content of diets

Component	Proportion (%)
Ingredient
Corn	63.2
Wheat bran	2.5
Soybean meal	23.4
Limestone	6.0
Salt	0.4
Calcium phosphate	1.7
D L-Methionine	0.1
Vitamin-mineral Premixa	2.7
Calculated composition
Metabolizable energy	2600 (kcal/kg)*
Crude protein	16.7
Calcium	3.8
Lysine	0.9
Available phosphorus	0.46

^aVitamin-mineral premix supplied the following (per kg of diet): vitamin A 12 000 IU, vitamin D₃ 3500 IU, vitamin E 25 IU, vitamin K₃ 0.5 mg, vitamin B₁₂ 0.014 mg, thiamine 1.8 mg, riboflavin 5.2 mg, D-pantothenic acid 11 mg, folic acid 0.70 mg, pyridoxine 2.5 mg, niacin 38 mg, biotin 0.15 mg, microelement 0.1 mg, betaine 0.03 mg, choline chloride 0.5 mg, allicin 0.05 mg

^*Value is expressed in kcal/kg (1 kcal=4.1868 kJ)