Table 1.
Composition and calculated analysis of the experimental diet.
| Ingredients (g/kg) | Basal diet |
|---|---|
| Yellow maize | 554 |
| Soybean meal (44%) | 396 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 7.50 |
| Limestone | 15.0 |
| Sodium chloride | 3.00 |
| Vitamin–mineral premix1 | 3.00 |
| DL-methionine | 1.50 |
| Soybean oil | 20.0 |
| Calculated analysis2 (g/kg) | |
| CP | 220.0 |
| ME (MJ/kg) | 12.196 |
| Crude fiber | 39.9 |
| Lysine | 12.1 |
| Methionine | 5.20 |
| Methionine + Cysteine | 8.60 |
| Calcium | 8.50 |
| Available phosphorus | 3.30 |
1
Vitamin–mineral premix provided per kg diet: vit. A, 12,000 IU; vit. D3, 5,000 IU; vit, E, 16.7 g; vit. K, 0.67 g; vit. B1, 0.67 g; vit. B2, 2 g; vit. B 6, .67 g; vit. B12, 0.004 g; nicotinic acid, 16.7 g; pantothenic acid, 6.67 g; biotin, 0.07 g; folic acid, 1.67 g; choline chloride, 400 g; Zn, 23.3 g; Mn, 10 g; Fe, 25 g; Cu,1.67 g; I, 0.25 g; Se, 0.033 g; and Mg, 133.4 g.
2
Calculated, according to NRC (1994).