Table 1.
Composition and nutrients of the basal diet (air-dry basis).
| Ingredients | Content | Nutrition level |
Content |
|---|---|---|---|
| ME, MJ/kg2 | 11.12 | ||
| Corn, % | 61.0 | CP, % | 15.90 |
| Soybean meal, % | 23.0 | Ca, % | 3.50 |
| Limestone, % | 8.00 | AP, % | 0.34 |
| Rapeseed meal, % | 3.00 | Lys, % | 0.84 |
| Soybean oil, % | 1.00 | Met, % | 0.33 |
| Premix,1 % | 4.00 | Zn, mg/kg | 20.56 |
Abbreviations: AP, available phosphorus; Ca, calcium; CP, crude protein; Lys, lysine; Met, methionine; ME, metabolic energy.
1
The premix contained 0 mg of Zn but provided the following per kg of diet: vitamin A, 7,715 IU; vitamin D3, 2,755 IU; vitamin E, 8.8 IU; vitamin K, 2.2 mg; vitamin B12, 0.01 mg; vitamin B2, 4.41 mg; vitamin B3, 5.51 mg; vitamin B, 0.55 mg; nicotinic acid, 19.8 mg; folic acid, 0.28 mg; Mn, 50 mg; Fe, 25 mg; Cu, 2.5 mg; Se, 0.15 mg; I, 1.0 mg.
2
Calculated according to NRC. (1994).