Table 1.

Dietary composition and nutrient levels of the experimental diets^a (as-fed basis)

Item	Control	TP200	TC200
Ingredients, %
Corn	63.30	63.30	63.30
Soybean oil	5.00	5.00	5.00
Soybean meal	24.65	24.65	24.65
Calcium carbonate	9.60	9.60	9.60
Calcium hydrophosphate	0.90	0.90	0.90
NaCl	0.30	0.30	0.30
Tea polyphenols		0.02
Tea catechins			0.02
Choline chloride	0.11	0.11	0.11
dl-Met	0.11	0.11	0.11
Premixb	0.53	0.53	0.53
Total	100.00	100.00	100.00
Nutrient content,c %
ME, MJ/kg	11.20	11.20	11.20
CP	17.04	17.04	17.04
Calcium	3.64	3.64	3.64
Total phosphorus	0.47	0.47	0.47
Available phosphorus	0.26	0.26	0.26
Lysine	0.85	0.85	0.85
Methionine	0.37	0.37	0.37

^aControl = basal diet; TP₂₀₀ = basal diet supplemented with 200 mg/kg tea polyphenols; TC₂₀₀ = basal diet supplemented with 200 mg/kg tea catechins.

^bProvided the following per kilogram of diet: 12,200 IU vitamin A; 4,125 IU vitamin D₃; 30 IU vitamin E; 4.5 mg vitamin K; 1.00 mg vitamin B₁; 8.5 mg vitamin B₂; 50 mg calcium pantothenate; 32.5 mg niacin; 8 mg pyridoxine; 2 mg biotin; 5 mg folic acid; 5 mg vitamin B₁₂; 8 mg copper; 1 mg iodine; 60 mg iron; 0.3 mg selenium; 80 mg manganese; 80 mg zinc; 100 mg phytase; and 3.0 g yeast culture.

^cData for the nutrients were analyzed values with the exception of ME and available phosphorus.