Table 1.
Composition and nutrient level of basal diet
| Item | d 1 to 21 | d 22 to 26 |
|---|---|---|
| Ingredient (%) | ||
| Corn | 53.8 | 61.2 |
| Soybean meal | 34.9 | 26.8 |
| Wheat shorts | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Soybean oil | 2.0 | 2.6 |
| DL-methionine | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| L-lysine | - | 0.2 |
| Salt | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Limestone | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 1.1 | 0.9 |
| Premix1 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
| Nutrition composition (g/kg)2 | ||
| Metabolizable energy (MJ/kg) | 12.10 | 12.53 |
| Crude protein | 195.0 | 167.8 |
| Calcium | 9.1 | 8.7 |
| Average phosphorus | 4.0 | 3.4 |
| Methionine | 5.3 | 5.0 |
| Methionine+cystine | 8.4 | 7.8 |
| Lysine | 10.4 | 10.7 |
1
Supplied per kg diet: manganese 75 mg, zinc 50 mg, iron 80 mg, copper 7.5 mg, iodine 0.3 mg, selenium 0.2 mg, trans-retinyl acetate 24 mg, DL-α-tocopheryl acetate 20 mg, cholecalciferol 0.034 mg, menadione 1 mg, thiamine 1.1 mg, riboflavin 3 mg, folic acid 1.2 mg, calcium pantothenate 5.5 mg, nicotinamide 30 mg, pyridoxine HCL 2 mg, cobalamin 0.015 mg, biotin 0.25 mg, choline chloride 900 mg.
2
Calculated value.