Table 1.
Composition and calculated nutrient levels of the basal diet (g/kg, as fed basis unless otherwise stated).
| Items | Content |
|---|---|
| Ingredients | |
| Maize | 576.10 |
| Soybean meal | 310.00 |
| Maize gluten meal | 32.90 |
| Soybean oil | 31.10 |
| Limestone | 12.00 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 20.00 |
| L-Lysine (78%) | 3.40 |
| DL-Methionine (98%) | 1.50 |
| Sodium chloride | 3.00 |
| Premix1 | 10.00 |
| Calculated nutrient levels2 | |
| Metabolizable energy (MJ/kg) | 12.56 |
| Crude protein | 210.98 |
| Calcium | 9.97 |
| Available phosphorus | 4.57 |
| Lysine | 11.98 |
| Methionine | 4.97 |
| Methionine + cystine | 8.49 |
Premix provided per kilogram of diet: vitamin A (transretinyl acetate), 10,000 IU; vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), 3,000 IU; vitamin E (all-rac-α-tocopherol), 30 IU; menadione, 1.3 mg; thiamin, 2.2 mg; riboflavin, 8 mg; nicotinamide, 40 mg; choline chloride, 600 mg; calcium pantothenate, 10 mg; pyridoxine·HCl, 4 mg; biotin, 0.04 mg; folic acid, 1 mg; vitamin B12 (cobalamin), 0.013 mg; Fe (from ferrous sulfate), 80 mg; Cu (from copper sulfate), 8.0 mg; Mn (from manganese sulfate), 110 mg; Zn (from zinc oxide), 60 mg; I (from calcium iodate), 1.1 mg; Se (from sodium selenite), 0.3 mg.
All nutrient contents, except metabolizable energy, were analyzed values.