Table 1.
Ingredient and nutrient composition of the basal diet (on an as-fed basis)
| Item | g/kg |
|---|---|
| Ingredients | |
| Corn | 223.7 |
| Extruded corn | 235.8 |
| Soybean meal | 150.0 |
| Extruded soybean | 145.0 |
| Whey | 150.0 |
| Fish meal | 55.0 |
| Soybean oil | 5.0 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 5.5 |
| Limestone (CaCO3) | 6.5 |
| Salt | 2.5 |
| Choline chloride (60%) | 0.8 |
| L-Lysine HCl | 5.5 |
| DL-Methionine | 0.9 |
| Threonine | 0.8 |
| Vitamin and mineral premix1 | 10.0 |
| Zinc oxide | 3.0 |
| Analyzed nutrient content | |
| Crude protein | 189.1 |
| Calcium | 8.5 |
| Phosphorus | 6.8 |
| Free putrescine, mg/kg | 10.3 |
| Calculated nutrient content | |
| ME, MJ/kg | 14.23 |
| Lysine | 13.0 |
| Methionine | 4.0 |
| Threonine | 7.3 |
| Tryptophan | 2.0 |
1 Premix supplied per kg of diet: vitamin A, 35.2 mg; vitamin D3, 7.68 mg; vitamin E, 128 mg; vitamin K3, 8.16 mg; vitamin B1, 4 mg; vitamin B2, 12 mg; vitamin B6, 8.32 mg; vitamin B12, 4.8 mg; niacin, 38.4 mg; calcium pantothenate, 25 mg; folic acid, 1.68 mg; biotin, 0.16 mg; iron (FeSO4·H2O), 171 mg; manganese (MnSO4·H2O), 42.31 mg; copper (CuSO4·5H2O), 125 mg; selenium (Na2SeO3), 0.19 mg; cobalt (CoCl2), 0.19 mg; iodine [Ca(IO3)2], 0.54 mg