Table 1.
Ingredients and chemical composition of the basal diet (as-fed basis).
| Ingredients | % |
|---|---|
| Yellow corn | 25.00 |
| Soybean meal, 48% | 8.00 |
| Sorghum grain | 13.7 |
| Wheat grain | 23.45 |
| Chicken pea | 10 |
| Broad beans | 8 |
| Wheat bran | 8 |
| Calcium carbonate | 1.00 |
| Dicalciumphosphate | 2.00 |
| Premix * | 0.30 |
| DL-Methionine, 98% | 0.25 |
| Lysine, HCl, 78% | 0.30 |
| Calculated chemical composition † | |
| † ME, kcal/kg | 2760.73 |
| CP, % | 15.98 |
| EE, % | 2.12 |
| CF, % | 4.26 |
| † Ca, % | 1.001 |
| † Available P, % | 0.56 |
| Lysine, % | 0.92 |
| Methionine, % | 0.43 |
* Supplied per kg of diet. Vitamin A, 12,000 IU; vitamin D3, 2200 IU; vitamin E, 26 IU; vitamin K3, 6.25 mg; vitamin B1, 3.75 mg; vitamin B2, 6.6 mg; vitamin B6, 1.5 g; pantothenic acid, 18.8 mg; vitamin B12, 0.31 mg; niacin, 30 mg; folic acid, 1.25 mg; biotin, 0.6 mg; Fe, 50 mg; Mn, 60 mg; Cu, 6 mg; I, 1 mg; Co, 1 mg; Se, 0.20 mg; Zn, 50 mg; choline chloride, 500 mg. † Calculated according to [20]. ME, metabolic energy; CP, crude protein; EE, ether extract; CF, crude fiber; Ca, calcium; P, phosphorus.