Table 1.
Ingredient and nutrient composition of the starter diet
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Ingredient composition (dry matter basis) | |
| Corn starch, % | 50.69 |
| Soybean meal, % | 27.75 |
| Corn gluten meal, % | 14.86 |
| Soybean oil, % | 1.61 |
| Limestone meal, % | 0.76 |
| NaCl, % | 0.58 |
| Calcium hydrogen phosphate, % | 1.75 |
| Premix1, % | 2.00 |
| Nutrient composition (dry matter basis)2 | |
| Dry matter, % | 90.14 |
| Metabolic energy, MJ/kg | 15.47 |
| Crude protein, % | 17.53 |
| Crude fat, % | 3.16 |
| Crude fiber, % | 2.50 |
| Neutral detergent fiber, % | 5.68 |
| Acid detergent fiber, % | 3.75 |
| Ash, % | 2.07 |
| Starch, % | 53.61 |
| Calcium, % | 0.97 |
| Phosphate, % | 0.62 |
1Per kg premix contains: Fe 3.0 g, Zn 5.0 g, Cu 0.5 g, Mn 3.0 g, Co 0.1 g, I 50 mg, Se 40 mg, vitamin A 500,000 IU, vitamin D 50,000 IU, and vitamin E 2,000 IU.
2Dry matter, crude protein, crude fat, ash, calcium, and phosphate were analyzed according to the Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC, 2000), acid detergent fiber, and neutral detergent fiber were analyzed according to the procedures of Van Soest et al. (1991), starch content was analyzed using Total Starch Kit, whereas metabolic energy was calculated according to the NRC (2007).