Table 1.
Nutritional composition of the basal diet
| Items | Growth phase | |
|---|---|---|
|
| ||
| 30 to 60 kg | 60 to 100 kg | |
| Ingredients | ||
| Corn (%) | 68.2 | 70.8 |
| Soybean meal (%) | 21 | 16.0 |
| Wheat bran (%) | 8 | 10.5 |
| Salt (%) | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| L-lysine hydrochloride (%) | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Calcium carbonate (%) | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Calcium hydrophosphate (%) | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Vitamin-mineral premix1 (%) | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
| Nutrient levels | ||
| Metabolizable energy (MJ/kg) | 12.88 | 12.88 |
| Crude protein (%) | 16.0 | 14.6 |
| Calcium (%) | 0.58 | 0.49 |
| Total Phosphorous (%) | 0.53 | 0.46 |
| Lysine (%) | 0.79 | 0.71 |
| Methionine (%) | 0.24 | 0.22 |
| Threonine (%) | 0.55 | 0.49 |
1
Mixture contained the following components: 100 mg/kg iron (as iron sulfate), 30 mg/kg copper (as copper sulfate), 100 mg/kg zinc (as zinc sulfate), 20mg/kg manganese (as manganese sulfate), 0.03 mg/kg selenium (as sodium selenite), 0.04 mg/kg iodine (as potassium iodate), 1,650 IU/kg vitamin A (trans-retinyl acetate), 280 IU/kg vitamin D3, 22 IU/kg vitamin E (DL-alpha-tocopherol acetate), 2 mg/kg vitamin K3, 20 mg/kg niacin, 15 mg/kg pantothenic acid, 1.0 mg/kg folic acid, 0.03 mg/kg vitamin B12, 2.4 mg/kg vitamin B1, 5 mg/kg vitamin B2, 2.4 mg/kg vitamin B6. The carrier was zeolite.