Table 1.
Composition of the basal diet.
| Ingredients | g/kg |
|---|---|
| Maize | 320.3 |
| Wheat | 247.8 |
| Soybean meal 49% CP | 323.3 |
| Soybean oil | 59.5 |
| Mineral–Vitamin Premix 1) | 12.0 |
| Limestone | 14.6 |
| Monocalcium phosphate | 18.4 |
| Salt | 1.0 |
| DL-Methionine | 1.8 |
| L-Lysine | 1.3 |
| Skim milk powder | 0.3 |
| Nutrient Composition | |
| Crude Protein (%) | 22.00 |
| Crude Fat (%) | 8.19 |
| Crude Fiber (%) | 2.42 |
| Methionine (%) | 0.51 |
| Lysine (%) | 1.28 |
| Threonine (%) | 0.84 |
| Calcium (%) | 0.96 |
| Phosphorus (%) | 0.80 |
| Calculated Apparent Metabolizable Energy | |
| AMEN (MJ/kg) 2) | 12.6 |
1) Contents per kg diet: 4800 IU vit. A; 480 IU vit. D3; 96 mg vit. E (α-tocopherole acetate); 3.6 mg vit. K3; 3 mg vit. B1 ; 3 mg vit. B2; 30 mg nicotinic acid; 4.8 mg vit. B6; 24 µg vit. B12; 300 µg biotin; 12 mg calcium pantothenic acid; 1.2 mg folic acid; 960 mg choline chloride; 60 mg Zn (zinc oxide); 24 mg Fe (iron carbonate); 72 mg Mn (manganese oxide); 14.4 mg Cu (copper sulfate-pentahydrate); 0.54 mg I (calcium Iodate; 0.36 mg Co (cobalt- (II)-sulfate-heptahydrate); 0.42 mg Se (sodium selenite); 1.56 g Na (sodium chloride); 0.66 g Mg (magnesium oxide). 2) Nitrogen-corrected apparent metabolizable energy estimated from chemical composition of feed ingredients (based on the EU Regulation - Directive 86/174/EEC): 0.1551 × % crude protein + 0.3431 × % ether extract + 0.1669 × % starch + 0.1301 × % total sugar.