Table 1.

Basal diet composition (as-fed basis).

Ingredients	Content, %
Corn	69.95
Soybean	22.10
Soybean oil	2.70
Calcium hydrogen phosphate	1.70
Shell power	1.93
Salt	0.35
Met	0.10
Lys	0.05
Zeolite powder	0.80
Vitamin premix1	0.16
Mineral premix2	0.16
Total	100.00
Nutrient level
Metabolic energy, MJ/kg	12.65
Crude protein, %	16.29
Calcium, %	1.18
Total phosphorus, %	0.62
Available phosphorous, %	0.41
Met, %	0.36
Lys, %	0.87
Met + Cys, %	0.64

¹Provided per kilogram of complete diet: 12,8000IU vitamin A, 1,600IU vitamin D₃, 60IU vitamin E, 1.6 mg vitamin K₃, 0.12 mg biotin, 50 mg choline, 1.2 mg folic acid, 32 mg nicotinic acid, 16 mg pantothenic acid, 4.8 mg riboflavin, 2.4 mg thiamine (VB₁), 3.2 mg vitamin B₆, and 0.03 mg vitamin B₁₂.

²Provided per kilogram of diet: Mg, 79 mg as manganese oxide; Zn, 60 mg as zinc oxide; Cu 100 mg as copper sulfate; Fe, 120 mg as iron sulfate; I, 0.96 mg as potassium iodine; Co, 0.16 mg as cobalt sulfate; and Se, 0.24 mg as sodium selenite.