Table 1.

Composition and nutritional content of the experimental diets

Ingredients, %	Starter (d 0–10)		Grower (d 11–16)
	SCPc	RCPd	SCP	RCP
Wheat	39.9	49.5	42.6	52.3
Soybean meal	33.2	24.1	29.2	20.0
Sorghum	20.0	20.0	20.0	20.0
Canola oil	2.83	1.38	3.93	2.47
Dicalcium phosphate	1.27	1.33	1.09	1.15
Limestone	1.24	1.26	1.16	1.18
Salt	0.55	0.55	0.55	0.56
DL-Methionine	0.34	0.38	0.31	0.35
L-Lysine HCl 78%	0.27	0.52	0.25	0.50
L-Threonine	0.16	0.27	0.14	0.25
Vitamin premixa	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08
Trace mineral premixb	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10
L-Valine	–	0.12	–	0.12
L-Isoleucine	–	0.11	–	0.11
L-Arginine	–	0.18	–	0.19
Choline chloride 60%	0.03	0.07	0.03	0.07
Phytase	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
Titanium dioxide	–	–	0.50	0.50
Nutrients
CP,%	23.00	21.00	21.5	19.5
AMEn, kcal/kg	3000	3000	3090	3090
Dig. Lys, %	1.20	1.20	1.10	1.10
Dig. Met, %	0.62	0.62	0.57	0.57
Dig. Arg, %	1.33	1.33	1.22	1.22
Dig. Ile, %	0.83	0.83	0.77	0.77
Dig. Val, %	0.90	0.90	0.84	0.84
Choline, mkg/kg	1700	1700	1600	1600
Linoleic acid, %	1.68	1.25	1.99	1.56
Ca, %	0.96	0.96	0.87	0.87
Av. P, %	0.48	0.48	0.44	0.44

^aSupplied per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 8255 IU; vitamin D₃, 3000, IU; vitamin E, 30 IU; vitamin K, 2 mg; thiamine (vitamin B₁), 4 mg; riboflavin (vitamin B₂), 6 mg; niacin, 41.2 mg; folic acid, 1 mg; biotin, 0.25 mg; pyridoxine, 4 mg; choline, 1301 mg; pantothenic acid, 11 mg; vitamin B₁₂, 0.013 mg. ^bSupplied per kilogram of diet: Cu (sulphate), 16 mg; Fe (sulphate), 40 mg; I (iodide), 1.25 mg; Se (selenate), 0.3 mg; Mn (sulphate and oxide), 120 mg; Zn (sulphate and oxide), 100 mg; cereal-based carrier, 128 mg; mineral oil, 3.75 mg., ^cStandard crude protein. ^dReduced crude protein