Table 1.

Ingredient and chemical composition of diets (as-fed basis).

Items	Starter (day 1–10)		Grower (day 11–24)		Finisher (day 25–42)
	SBM	CWP	SBM	CWP	SBM	CWP
Ingredient (%)
Corn	55.73	46.12	56.66	47.28	64.26	54.73
Soybean meal (45.7% CP)	33.10	27.20	31.56	25.50	25.10	19.10
Corn gluten	4.30	4.30	4.00	4.00	3.50	3.50
Cowpea meal (26.6% CP)	0.0	15.00	0.0	15.00	0.0	15.00
Soybean oil	1.50	2.10	2.90	3.40	2.50	3.10
Monocalcium phosphate	1.67	1.63	1.66	1.65	1.47	1.44
Calcium carbonate	1.71	1.72	1.46	1.46	1.27	1.28
Salt (NaCl)	0.28	0.28	0.28	0.28	0.28	0.28
L-Lysine HCl	0.32	0.24	0.17	0.10	0.29	0.22
DL-Methionine	0.31	0.33	0.23	0.25	0.26	0.28
Choline-chloride (50%)	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.07	0.07
Vitamin-mineral mixture1	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6051a2	−/+	−/+	−/+	−/+	−/+	−/+
Calculated composition
ME (MJ/kg)	12.56	12.57	12.98	12.97	13.20	13.21
CP	23.0	23.0	22.0	22.0	19.50	19.50
Lysine, total	1.40	1.40	1.32	1.24	1.16	1.16
Lysine, digestible	1.34	1.34	1.18	1.16	1.05	1.04
Methionine + cysteine, total	1.05	1.05	0.95	0.95	0.91	0.91
Methionine + cysteine, digestible	0.97	0.97	0.87	0.86	0.84	0.83
Ca	1.00	1.00	0.90	0.90	0.79	0.79
Available P	0.45	0.45	0.45	0.45	0.40	0.40
Crude fat	4.38	5.10	5.77	6.40	5.57	6.29
Crude fiber	2.85	3.27	2.79	3.20	2.61	3.02

Abbreviations: CWP, cowpea; SBM, soybean meal.

¹Supplied per kg diet: 12,000 IU vitamin A, 5,000 IU vitamin D3, 75 mg vitamin E, 3 mg vitamin K_3, 3 mg vitamin B₁, 8 mg vitamin B₂, 5 mg vitamin B₆, 0.016 mg vitamin B₁₂, 13 mg pantothenic acid, 55 mg nicotinic acid, 2 mg folic acid, 0.2 mg biotin, 120 mg Mn, 100 mg Zn, 40 mg Fe, 16 mg Cu, 1.25 mg I and 0.3 mg Se, 70 mg Monteban G100, 0.2 g Axtra PHY 5,000 L (1,000 FTU).

²- = probiotic not included in the diet; + = probiotic included in the diet.