Table 1.
Ingredients and nutrient composition of the basal diet (air dry basis).
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Ingredient composition (%) | |
| Maize | 30.26 |
| Extruded maize | 29.62 |
| Extruded soybean meal | 8.45 |
| Soybean meal | 9.50 |
| Fish meal | 4.00 |
| Whey powder | 6.00 |
| Sucrose | 2.50 |
| Soybean protein concentrate | 6.10 |
| Soybean oil | 1.50 |
| DL-Met, 99% | 0.07 |
| L-Lys-HCl, 78% | 0.26 |
| L-Thr, 98.5% | 0.01 |
| L-Trp, 98% | 0.01 |
| Choline chloride, 50% | 0.15 |
| NaCl | 0.20 |
| Limestone | 0.61 |
| Monocalcium phosphate | 0.41 |
| Vitamin premix1 | 0.05 |
| Trace mineral premix2 | 0.30 |
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| Total | 100.00 |
| Calculated composition | |
| Digestible energy (Mcal/kg) | 3.52 |
| Crude protein (%) | 19.02 |
| Calcium (%) | 0.75 |
| Total phosphorus (%) | 0.56 |
| Available phosphorus (%) | 0.37 |
| Digestible Lys (%) | 1.29 |
| Digestible Met (%) | 0.39 |
| Digestible Trp (%) | 0.22 |
| Digestible Thr (%) | 0.78 |
| Digestible Met + Cys (%) | 0.61 |
1Vitamin premix provided the following per kg of diets: vitamin A, 9000 IU; vitamin D3, 3000 IU; vitamin E, 20.0 IU; vitamin K3, 3.0 mg; vitamin B1, 1.5 mg; vitamin B2, 4.0 mg; vitamin B6, 3.0 mg; vitamin B12, 0.2 mg; niacin, 30.0 mg; pantothenic acid, 15.0 mg; folic acid, 0.75 mg; biotin, 0.1 mg. 2Mineral premix provided the following per kg of diets: 100 mg Fe (as FeSO4·H2O); 6 mg Cu (as CuSO4·5H2O); 100 mg Zn (as ZnSO4·H2O); 4 mg Mn (as MnSO4·H2O); 0·14 mg I (as KI); 0·3 mg Se (as Na2SeO3).