Table 1.
Composition and nutrient levels (air-dry basis, %) of the starter diet (1–21 d of age)
| Ingredient | Content |
| Corn | 55.04 |
| Wheat | 5.00 |
| Dehulled soybean meal | 35.00 |
| Soybean oil | 1.30 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 1.85 |
| Limestone | 1.16 |
| Choline chloride | 0.10 |
| Salt | 0.32 |
| L-lysine·HCl | 0.03 |
| Vitamin Premixa | 0.10 |
| Trace-element premixb | 0.10 |
| Total | 100 |
| Nutrient levelc | Content |
| ME (Mcal/kg) | 2.90 |
| Crude protein | 21.00 |
| Lysine | 1.07 |
| Methionine | 0.31 |
| Methionine+cystine | 0.68 |
| Threonine | 0.76 |
| Calcium | 1.00 |
| Available phosphorus | 0.45 |
aProvided per kg of diet: vitamain A, 8000 IU; vitamain D3,2000 IU; vitamain E,15 IU; vitamain K3, 1.5 mg; thiamine, 2 mg; riboflavin, 5 mg; pyridoxine, 5 mg; vitamain B12, 0.02 mg; folic acid, 0.7 mg; nicotinic acid, 40 mg; pantothenic acid, 12 mg; biotin, 0.2 mg
bProvided per kg of diet: copper, 10 mg (as copper sulfate); iron, 90 mg (as ferrous sulfate); manganese, 100 mg (as manganese sulfate); zinc, 100 mg (as zinc sulfate); selenium, 0.3 mg (as sodium selenite); iodine, 0.5 mg (as calcium iodate)
cME is metabolizable energy and is a calculated value. Other nutrient levels are measured values