Table 1.

Composition and nutrients levels of the basal diet (air-dry basis, %).

Ingredients, %	1–32 d	32–70 d	70–96 d
Corn	76.55	80.30	84.00
Soybean meal	16.71	15.43	10.87
Wheat bran			1.00
Fish meal	2.70
Soybean oil	1.40	1.40	1.50
Limestone	0.73	0.70	0.63
CaHPO4	0.47	0.66	0.53
NaCl	0.30	0.35	0.35
L-Lysine HCl	0.49	0.51	0.48
DL-Methionine	0.08	0.07	0.07
L-Threonine	0.15	0.16	0.15
L-Tryptophan	0.04	0.04	0.04
Choline chloride	0.15	0.15	0.15
Vitamin premix 1	0.03	0.03	0.03
Mineral premix 2	0.20	0.20	0.20
Total	100.00	100.00	100.00
Nutrients levels 3
DE (Mcal/kg)	3.36	3.36	3.37
CP (%)	15.69	13.75	12.13
CF (%)	2.22	2.20	2.05
Ca (%)	0.66	0.59	0.52
TP (%)	0.50	0.46	0.42
AP (%)	0.31	0.27	0.2
D-Lys	1.03	0.90	0.78
D-Met	0.30	0.25	0.23
D-Met + Cys	0.49	0.43	0.39
D-Thr	0.62	0.55	0.49

Inulin: DE (Mcal/kg) = 3.94; CP (%) = 0.28; TP (%) = 0.03; AP (%) = 0.01. CP, Crude protein; TP, Total p; AP, available p. ¹ Vitamin premix provided the following per kilogram of diets: Vitamin A, 9000 IU; Vitamin D3, 3000 IU; Vitamin E, 20 IU; Vitamin K3, 3.0 mg; Vitamin B1, 1.5 mg; Vitamin B2, 4.0 mg; Vitamin B6, 3.0 mg; Vitamin B12, 0.02 mg; Niacin, 30 mg; Pantothenic, 15 mg; Folic acid, 0.75 mg; Biotin, 0.1 mg. ² Mineral premix provided the following per kg of diets, 1–32 d: Fe (FeSO₄·H₂O) 60 mg, Cu(CuSO₄·5H₂O) 4 mg, Mn(MnSO₄·H₂O) 2 mg, Zn(ZnSO₄·H₂O) 60 mg, I(KI) 0.14 mg, Se(Na₂SeO₃) 0.2 mg; 32–70 d: Fe(FeSO₄·H₂O) 50 mg, Cu(CuSO₄·5H₂O) 3.5 mg, Mn(MnSO₄·H₂O) 2 mg, Zn(ZnSO₄·H₂O) 50 mg, I(KI) 0.14 mg, Se(Na₂SeO₃) 0.15 mg; 70–96 d: Fe(FeSO₄·H₂O) 40 mg, Cu(CuSO₄·5H₂O) 3 mg, Mn(MnSO₄·H₂O) 2 mg, Zn(ZnSO₄·H₂O) 50 mg, I(KI) 0.14 mg, Se(Na₂SeO₃) 0.15 mg. ³ Values are calculated.