Table 1.
Composition and nutrient levels of the basal experimental diet (air dry basis)1.
| Ingredients | Content (%) |
|---|---|
| corn | 56.33 |
| soybean meal | 24.50 |
| fish meal | 5.00 |
| extruded-soybean | 5.00 |
| limestone | 1.30 |
| soybean oil | 1.20 |
| corn gluten meal | 2.00 |
| fermented soybean meal | 1.67 |
| vitamin-mineral premix2 | 3.00 |
| Total | 100.00 |
| nutrient levels | % DM |
| AME (kcal/kg) | 2949 |
| crude protein | 20.60 |
| crude fat | 4.90 |
| lysine | 1.17 |
| methionine + cysteine | 1.45 |
| threonine | 0.87 |
| tyrosine | 0.26 |
| calcium | 1.00 |
| available P | 0.40 |
1AME, apparent metabolizable energy; DM, dry matter.
2Supplied per kilogram of diet: vitamin A (retinyl acetate), 1,500 IU; cholecalciferol, 200 IU; vitamin E (DL-α-tocopheryl acetate), 10 IU; riboflavin, 3.5 mg; pantothenic acid, 10 mg; niacin, 30 mg; cobalamin, 10 μg; choline chloride, 1,000 mg; biotin, 0.15 mg; folic acid, 0.5 mg; thiamine, 1.5 mg; pyridoxine, 3.0 mg; Fe, 80 mg; Zn, 40 mg; Mn, 60 mg; I, 0.18 mg; Cu, 8 mg; Se, 0.15 mg.