Table 1.

Ingredients and composition of the experimental diets (as-fed basis)

Items	SE	LE
Ingredient (%)
Maize	45.00	45.00
Soybean meal	13.60	13.60
Wheat bran	27.80	27.80
Soybean oil	4.50	–
Wheat bran fiber	2.54	5.02
Soyabean fiber	1.10	2.17
Corn fiber	0.96	1.91
Salt	0.40	0.40
L-Lys·HCl, 75 %	0.10	0.10
L-Thr	0.10	0.10
Limestone	1.23	1.23
Monocalcium phosphate	1.99	1.99
Choline chloride, 50 %	0.14	0.14
Vitamin premixa	0.04	0.04
Mineral premixb	0.50	0.50
Total	100.00	100.00
Nutritional composition
Digestible energy, MJ/kg	12.90	11.24
Crude protein (%)	13.92	14.35
Crude fiber (%)	4.97	6.49
Lys (%)	0.69	0.69
Met + Cys (%)	0.35	0.35
Thr (%)	0.46	0.46
Ca (%)	0.96	0.96
Available P (%)	0.48	0.48
Total P (%)	0.79	0.79

^aProvided the following per kilogram of diet: 1.2 mg retinol, 0.02 mg cholecalciferol, 44 mg α-tocopherol, 0.5 mg phylloquinone, 1 mg thiamin, 3.75 mg riboflavin, 1 mg pyridoxine, 0.015 mg cyanocobalamin, 10 mg niacin, 12 mg pantothenic acid, 1.3 mg folic acid, and 0.2 mg biotin

^bProvided the following per kilogram of diet: 80 mg Fe (as FeSO_4·7H₂O), 10 mg Cu (as CuSO_4·5H₂O), 100 mg Zn (as ZnSO_4·7H₂O), 25 mg Mn (as MnSO_4·H₂O), 0.15 mg Se (as Na₂SeO₃), and 0.14 mg I (as KI)