Table 1.
Composition and nutrient content of experimental diets.
| Items | Age (d) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Starter |
Grower |
|
| (0–21 d) | (21–42 d) | |
| Ingredient (%) | ||
| Corn | 57.20 | 62.70 |
| Soybean meal (43% CP) | 34.70 | 29.30 |
| Soy oil | 2.70 | 2.80 |
| Fish meal (60.2% CP) | 1.50 | 1.50 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 1.65 | 1.41 |
| Limestone | 1.30 | 1.30 |
| Salt | 0.25 | 0.21 |
| DL-Methionine | 0.20 | 0.20 |
| HCl- Lysine | - | 0.08 |
| Vitamin–mineral premix1 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
| Nutrient content | ||
| ME (MJ/kg) | 12.92 | 13.43 |
| CP(g/kg) | 21.50 | 19.60 |
| Ca (g/kg) | 0.95 | 0.88 |
| Total P (%) | 0.69 | 0.64 |
| Available P (g/kg) | 0.46 | 0.35 |
| Lys (%) | 1.21 | 1.09 |
| Met (%) | 0.50 | 0.44 |
1
Supplied per kilogram of diet: vitamin A (trans-retinyl acetate), 10,050 IU; vitamin D3, 2,800 IU; vitamin E (DL-α-tocopheryl acetate), 50 mg; vitamin K3, 3.5 mg; thiamine, 2.5 mg; riboflavin, 7.5 mg; pantothenic acid, 15.3 mg; pyridoxine, 4.3 mg; vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin), 0.02 mg; niacin, 35 mg; choline chloride, 1,000 mg; biotin, 0.20 mg; folic acid, 1.2 mg; Mn, 100 mg; Fe, 85 mg; Zn, 60 mg; Cu, 9.6 mg; I, 0.30 mg; Co, 0.20 mg; and Se, 0.20 mg.