Table 2.
Composition and nutrient levels of the reference diet (as is).
| Items | Reference diet |
|---|---|
| Ingredient (%) | |
| Corn | 61.2 |
| Soybean meal | 21.5 |
| Corn gluten meal | 3.3 |
| Soybean oil | 1.0 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 1.0 |
| Limestone | 9.2 |
| Salt | 0.3 |
| Premix1 | 2.5 |
| Total | 100.0 |
| Measured nutrient levels (%)2 | |
| Dry matter | 87.1 ± 0.22 |
| Gross energy (kcal/kg) | 3,455 ± 6.56 |
| Crude protein | 16.0 ± 0.19 |
| Crude fiber | 2.4 ± 0.15 |
| Ether extract | 3.5 ± 0.21 |
| Calculated nutrient levels (%) | |
| Calcium | 3.8 |
| Avail phosphorus | 0.48 |
| Methionine | 0.42 |
| Lysine | 0.81 |
| Methionine + cysteine | 0.73 |
1
Provided per kilogram of diet: D,L-methionine, 1.4 g; L-lysine HCL(78.4%), 0.075 g; vitamin A, 10,000 IU; vitamin D3, 3,000 IU; vitamin E (DL-α-tocopheryl acetate), 30 mg; vitamin K3, 1.5 mg; thiamine B1, 2.3 mg; riboflavin B2, 7.8 mg; pyridoxine B6, 5.3 mg; vitamin B12, 0.02 mg; nicotinic acid, 45 mg; pantothenic acid, 12 mg; folic acid, 1.0 mg; biotin, 0.2 mg; Fe, 100 mg; Cu, 20 mg; Zn, 100 mg; Mn, 120 mg; Se, 0.3 mg; I, 1.0 mg.
2
Values are means ± SE (n = 3).