Table 1.

The formulation and chemical composition of the basal diet.

Ingredients (g/kg)	Starter	Grower	Finisher
Yellow corn	575	615	650
Soybean meal, 44%	320	278	240
Corn gluten meal, 60%	58	50	40
Limestone	13.9	13.2	12.5
Di-calcium phosphate	15	15	15
NaCl	3	3	3
DL-methionine	1.85	1.8	1.65
L-lysine HCl	2.75	3.5	4.35
Plant oil	7.5	17.5	30.5
Premix*	3	3	3
Total (kg)	1,000	1,000	1,000
Nutrient levels %**
ME (MJ/kg)	12.43	12.85	13.15
Crude protein	23	21	19
Calcium	1.0	0.94	0.91
Available phosphorus	0.46	0.43	0.43
Digestible Thr	0.77	0.70	0.63
Digestible Met + Cysteine	0.84	0.78	0.71
Digestible Lys	1.19	1.14	1.11

^*Vitamin and mineral premix were added as 3 kg/ton of diet: Vitamin A (6,000,000 IU); Vitamin D₃. (900,000 IU); Vitter (40,000 mg); Vitamin k (2,000 mg); Vitamin B₁ (2,000 mg); Vitamin B₂ (4,000 mg); Vitamin B₆ (2,000 mg); Vitamin B₁₂ (10 mg); Niacin (50,000 mg); Folic acid (3,000 mg); Pantothenic acid (10,000 mg); Biotin (50 mg); Choline (250,000 mg); Copper (50,000 mg); Iron (50,000 mg); Manganese (8,500 mg); Zinc (50,000 mg); Iodine (200 mg); Selenium (100 mg); and Cobalt (100 mg).

^**Calculated according to NRC (19) and formulated to contain the National Research Council (19) requirements of all nutrients.