Table 1.

Composition of basal diets (as fed basis, %) ¹.

	Feeding Phase (Days)
Ingredients (%)	Starter (0–14)	Grower 1 + 2 (15–28)	Finisher (29–42)
Corn (7.81% crude protein)	59.53	64.12	65.70
Soybean meal (48% crude protein)	33.5	28.80	26.86
Soybean Oil (9000 kcal/kg)	2.18	2.60	3.50
Dicalcium Phosphate (18.5% Phosphorus, 22% Calcium)	2.05	1.92	1.70
Calcium Carbonate (37% Calcium)	1.11	1.00	0.90
Sodium Chloride	0.37	0.37	0.35
DL-Methionine (990 g/kg) 2	0.38	0.34	0.29
L-Lysine Hydrochloride (788 g L-Lysine/kg) 3	0.37	0.35	0.24
L-Threonine (985 g/kg) 4	0.15	0.14	0.10
Vitamin/Trace Mineral Premix 5	0.36	0.36	0.36
Calculated Analysis (% unless specified)
ME (kcal/kg)	3007	3087	3168
Crude protein	21.81	19.90	18.94
Total phosphorus	0.76	0.71	0.66
Available phosphorus	0.45	0.42	0.38
Calcium	0.90	0.84	0.76
Chlorine	0.33	0.33	0.29
Sodium	0.16	0.16	0.15
Potassium	0.85	0.77	0.73
Methionine	0.67	0.61	0.55
Methionine + Cysteine	0.98	0.89	0.82
Lysine	1.32	1.19	1.05
Threonine	0.86	0.78	0.71
Linoleic acid	1.44	1.52	1.55
Dietary cation-anion balance (mEq)	194	174	170

¹ The supplemental antibiotic growth promoter (0.45 kg/ton of Stafac^®20), and PrimaLac (1.36 kg/ton in starter and grower 1 diets; 0.91 kg/ton in grower 2 and finisher diets) were added on top to the basal diet to provide the three experimental diets including the control (basal) diet in every feeding period. ² Rhodimet® NP99, ADISSEO, GA, USA. ³ L-Lysine HCl, Ajinomoto Heartland, Inc. Eddyville, IA, USA. ⁴ Fenchem Ingredient Technology, Nanjing, China. ⁵ Vitamins supplied per kg diet: retinol 3.33 mg, cholecalciferol 0.1 mg, α-tocopherol acetate 23.4 mg, vitamin K3 1.2 mg, vitamin B1 1.6 mg, vitamin B2 9.5 mg, niacin 40 mg, pantothenic acid 9.5 mg, vitamin B6 2 mg, folic acid 1 mg, vitamin B12 0.016 mg, biotin 0.05 mg, choline 556 mg. Minerals supplied per kg diet: Mn 144 mg, Fe 72 mg, Zn 144 mg, Cu 16.2 mg, I 2.1 mg, Se 0.22 mg.