Table 1.

Ingredients and nutrient composition of diets

Items	Met:Lys
	0.27	0.37	0.47	0.57
Ingredients, %
Corn	42.75	42.74	42.85	42.94
Soybean meal (46% CP)	24.3	24.2	24	23.9
Red sorghum	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4
Shelly barley	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7
Soybean oil	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.1
Limestone	1.67	1.68	1.68	1.68
MDCP	1.45	1.45	1.45	1.46
Premixa	1	1	1	1
Salt	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Methionine	–	0.09	0.18	0.27
Lysine (98%)	0.15	0.16	0.16	0.17
Mold Inhibitor	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08
Total	100	100	100	100
Composition (analysis)
Lys, %	1.05	1.03	1.02	1.09
Met, %	0.24	0.31	0.39	0.55
Cys, %	0.22	0.22	0.21	0.27
SAAs, %	0.46	0.53	0.60	0.82
Met/Lys	0.23	0.30	0.38	0.50
Thr, %	0.65	0.65	0.65	0.68
Trp, %	0.19	0.18	0.19	0.20
Val, %	0.77	0.77	0.77	0.79
Ile, %	0.68	0.67	0.67	0.68
Leu, %	1.53	1.50	1.49	1.53
Arg, %	1.00	1.01	1.00	1.02
His, %	0.46	0.46	0.45	0.46
Composition (calculated)b
NE, kcal/kg	2451	2452	2455	2452
CP, %	17.3	17.32	17.28	17.3
Ca, %	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99
Available phosphorus, %	0.44	0.44	0.44	0.44
SID Lys, %	0.88	0.88	0.88	0.88
SID Met, %	0.24	0.32	0.41	0.5
SID Cys, %	0.25	0.25	0.24	0.24
SID SAAs, %	0.48	0.57	0.66	0.74
SID Met/Lys	0.27	0.36	0.47	0.57
SID Thr, %	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.54
SID Trp, %	0.18	0.18	0.18	0.18
SID Val, %	0.70	0.70	0.69	0.69
SID Ile, %	0.63	0.62	0.62	0.62
SID Leu, %	1.32	1.32	1.31	1.31
SID BCAA, %	2.65	2.64	2.63	2.62
SID Arg, %	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.98
SID His, %	0.40	0.39	0.39	0.39

^aProvided per kilogram of the diet: Cu 30 mg; Fe 160 mg; Zn 150 mg; Mn 50 mg; I 0.53 mg; Se 0.53 mg; Co 0.75 mg; Cr 0.22 mg; vitamin A 1.271 × 10⁴U; vitamin D₃ 2853 U; vitamin E 180 mg; vitamin K₃ 3.85 mg; vitamin B₁ 1.6 mg; vitamin B₂ 5.75 mg; vitamin B₆ 2.88 mg; vitamin B₁₂ 0.02 mg; nicotinamide 32 mg; pantothenic acid 20 mg; folic acid 3.2 mg; biotin 0.44 mg; vitamin C 450 mg; choline 1800 mg

^bCalculated chemical concentrations using values for feed ingredients from the NRC (2012)