Table 2. Ingredient and nutrient composition of finisher diet.
| Feed Ingredients | Finisher diet % (15–33 days) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0 | D1 | D2 | D3 | |
| Corn/maize | 50.00 | 50.00 | 50.64 | 50.00 |
| Wheat | 12.42 | 13.20 | 12.22 | 11.00 |
| Soybean meal | 23.40 | 23.00 | 23.46 | 23.80 |
| Fish meal | 5.61 | 5.20 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| Palm oil | 5.18 | 5.12 | 5.15 | 5.70 |
| DCP | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.71 |
| Limestone | 1.59 | 1.67 | 1.70 | 1.70 |
| NaCl /Table salt | 0.35 | 0.40 | 0.30 | 0.24 |
| Choline chloride | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.036 | 0.034 |
| Vitamin min premix | 0.21 | 0.26 | 0.35 | 0.26 |
| L-lysine | 0.26 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.30 |
| DL-methionine | 0.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| L-methionine | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.25 | 0.30 |
| Enzymes | 0.036 | 0.036 | 0.036 | 0.036 |
| Toxin Binder | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 |
| Sand | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.92 |
| Calculated nutrient components (%) | ||||
| ME (kcal/kg) | 3165.00 | 3165.00 | 3165.00 | 3165.00 |
| CP | 20.00 | 20.00 | 20.00 | 20.00 |
| Ca | 1.31 | 1.31 | 1.31 | 1.31 |
| P | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.68 |
| CF | 3.14 | 3.11 | 3.13 | 3.11 |
| EE | 3.33 | 3.32 | 3.32 | 3.28 |
| Lysine | 1.06 | 1.06 | 1.06 | 1.06 |
| Met | 0.47 | 0.47 | 0.47 | 0.47 |
| Threonine | 0.83 | 0.83 | 0.83 | 0.83 |
| Proximate components (%) | ||||
| ME (Kcal/kg) | 3511.00 | 3363.00 | 3549.00 | 3462.00 |
| DM | 88.50 | 88.73 | 88.62 | 88.85 |
| CP | 19.60 | 19.78 | 19.25 | 19.90 |
| CF | 4.20 | 5.33 | 3.50 | 4.34 |
| EE | 8.29 | 7.85 | 8.33 | 8.54 |
| Ash | 5.23 | 6.16 | 5.80 | 6.57 |
| Ca | 2.25 | 3.35 | 3.18 | 2.72 |
| P | 0.44 | 0.53 | 0.50 | 0.47 |
| NFE | 51.18 | 49.61 | 51.74 | 49.50 |
Control diet (Do) with DL-methionine and no L-methionine, whereas D1, D2 and D3 diets are supplemented with 0.20%, 0.25%, and 0.30% L-methionine, respectively.