TABLE 1.
Composition of the basal diet (air-dry basis).
| Ingredients | Content (%) |
| Corn | 64.52 |
| Soybean meal (44% crude protein) | 24.5 |
| Limestone | 8.9 |
| Sodium chloride | 0.3 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 1.35 |
| Choline chloride (50%) | 0.1 |
| DL-Methionine (98%) | 0.1 |
| Multimineral1 | 0.2 |
| Multivitamin2 | 0.03 |
| Nutrient levels | |
| Metabolizable energy (MJ/kg) | 11.18 |
| Crude protein (%) | 16.16 |
| Crude fat (%) | 2.79 |
| Total phosphorus (%) | 0.54 |
| Available phosphorus (%) | 0.34 |
| Calcium (%) | 3.5 |
| Lysine (%) | 0.8 |
| Methionine (%) | 0.35 |
1Supplied per kilogram of diet: Cu, 8 mg; Zn, 66 mg; Fe, 60 mg; Mn, 65 mg; Se, 0.3 mg; I, 1 mg. 2Supplied per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 12,500 IU; vitamin D3, 4,125 IU; vitamin E, 15 IU; menadione, 2 mg; thiamin, 1 mg; riboflavin, 8.5 mg; pyridoxine, 8 mg; cobalamin, 5 mg; pantothenic acid, 50 mg; niacin, 32.5 mg; biotin, 2 mg; folic acid, 5 mg; choline, 500 mg.