Table 1.
Basal diet composition (as-fed basis).
| Item | Contents (%) |
|---|---|
| Ingredients | |
| Corn | 60.84 |
| Soybean meal | 32.11 |
| Wheat bran | 2.16 |
| Soybean oil | 2.00 |
| Limestone | 1.28 |
| CaHPO4 | 1.26 |
| DL-Methionine | 0.15 |
| Vitamin premix1 | 0.10 |
| Mineral premix2 | 0.10 |
| Total | 100.00 |
| Nutrient levels3 | |
| ME (MJ/kg) | 11.94 |
| Crude protein (%) | 18.22 |
| Ca (%) | 0.98 |
| Met (%) | 0.32 |
| Cystine (%) | 0.31 |
| Lys (%) | 0.90 |
| Total phosphorus (%) | 0.51 |
1
Premix provided per kilogram of diet: 5,000 IU of vitamin A, 1000 IU of vitamin D3, 10 IU of vitamin E, 0.5 mg of vitamin K3, 3 mg of thiamin, 7.5 mg of riboflavin, 4.5 mg of vitamin B6, 10 μg of vitamin B12, 25 mg of niacin, 0.55 mg of folic acid, 0.2 mg of biotin, 500 mg of choline, and 10.5 mg of pantothenic acid.
2
Premix provided per kilogram of diet: 60 mg of Zn, 80 mg of Mn, 80 mg of Fe, 3.75 mg of Cu, 0.35 mg of I, and 0.15 mg of Se.
3
Except for metabolic energy (ME), others are measured values.