Table 1.
Ingredients and nutrient compositions of the basal diet (g/kg diet as-fed basis).
| Ingredients (g/kg) | Content (%) |
|---|---|
| Corn | 56.51 |
| Soybean meal | 35.52 |
| Soybean oil | 4.50 |
| NaCl | 0.30 |
| Limestone | 1.00 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 1.78 |
| DL-Methionine | 0.11 |
| Premix1 | 0.28 |
| Total | 100.00 |
| Calculated nutrient levels | |
| Metabolizable energy (MJ/kg) | 12.73 |
| Crude protein (g/kg) | 20.07 |
| Available Phosphorus (g/kg) | 0.40 |
| Calcium (g/kg) | 0.90 |
| Lysine (g/kg) | 1.00 |
| Methionine (g/kg) | 0.42 |
| Methionine + cysteine (g/kg) | 0.78 |
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Premix provided the following per kg of the diet: vitamin A, 10,000 IU; vitamin D3, 3400 IU; vitamin E, 16 IU; vitamin K3, 2.0 mg; vitamin B1, 2.0 mg; vitamin B2, 6.4 mg; vitamin B6, 2.0 mg; vitamin B12, 0.012 mg; pantothenic acid calcium, 10 mg; nicotinic acid, 26 mg; folic acid, 1 mg; biotin, 0.1 mg; choline, 500 mg; Zn (ZnSO4·7H2O), 40 mg; Fe (FeSO4·7H2O), 80 mg; Cu (CuSO4·5H2O), 8 mg; Mn (MnSO4·H2O), 80 mg; I (KI) 0.35 mg; Se (Na2SeO3), 0.15 mg.