Table 1.
Ingredient composition and nutrient content of diets
| Composition | Proportion (g/kg) |
| Ingredient | |
| Corn | 632 |
| Wheat bran | 25 |
| Soybean meal | 234 |
| Limestone | 60 |
| Salt | 4 |
| Calcium phosphate | 17 |
| D L-Methionine | 1 |
| Vitamin-mineral Premixa | 27 |
| Calculated | |
| ME (kcal/kg)b | 2600 |
| CP (%) | 16.70 |
| Calcium (%) | 3.80 |
| Lys (%) | 0.90 |
| Available phosphorus (%) | 0.46 |
a
Vitamin-mineral premix supplied the following per kg of diet: retinol, 12 000 IU; cholecalciferol, 3500 IU; α-tocopherol, 25 IU; menadione, 0.5 mg; cobalamin, 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; betaine, 0.03 mg; choline choride, 0.5 mg; allicin, 0.05 mg; iron, 80 mg; copper, 11 mg; manganese, 60 mg; zinc, 30 mg; iodine, 0.35 mg; selenium, 0.1 mg.
b
1 kcal=4.1868 kJ