Table 2.

Composition and nutrient levels of basal diets (as is basis, %).

Items	1–12 d of age	13–23 d of age	24–36 d of age
Ingredients
Corn	51.95	55.42	61.42
Soybean meal	36.90	30.20	19.20
Corn DDGS	4.00	6.00	8.00
Peanut meal	2.00	3.00	4.00
Corn protein powder	-	-	2.00
Soybean oil	1.20	1.57	1.77
CaHPO4	1.38	1.17	0.72
Limestone	1.23	1.09	1.09
Premix1	0.50	0.50	0.50
L-Lys·H2SO4	0.26	0.42	0.66
DL-Met	0.22	0.23	0.21
L-Thr	0.06	0.10	0.13
NaCl	0.30	0.30	0.30
Total	100.00	100.00	100.00
Nutrients levels2
Crude protein	22.52	21.00	19.50
ME MJ/kg	10.70	11.10	11.50
Ca	0.90	0.80	0.70
Total P	0.55	0.50	0.45

Abbreviations: DDGS, distillers dried grains with solubles; ME, metabolizable energy.

¹The premix provides following per kg diet: I 0.65 mg, Se 0.35 mg, vitamin A 9000 IU, vitamin D₃ 2000 IU, vitamin E11 IU, vitamin K1.0 mg, vitamin B₁1.2 mg, vitamin B₂5.8 mg, niacin 66 mg, pantothenic acid10 mg, vitamin B₆ 2.6 mg, biotin 0.10 mg, folic acid 0.7 mg, vitamin B₁₂ 0.012 mg.

²All the values are calculated.