Table 1.
Ingredient composition and calculated nutrient levels of the basal diet.
| Items | 1–21 d |
|---|---|
| Ingredient (%) | |
| Corn | 57.61 |
| Soybean meal | 31.00 |
| Corn gluten meal1 | 3.29 |
| Soybean oil | 3.11 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 2.00 |
| Limestone | 1.20 |
| Salt | 0.30 |
| L-Lysine HCl | 0.34 |
| DL-Methionine | 0.15 |
| Premix2 | 1.00 |
| Calculated nutrient levels (%) | |
| ME (MJ/kg) | 12.56 |
| CP | 21.00 |
| Calcium | 1.00 |
| Total phosphorus | 0.70 |
| Available phosphorus | 0.46 |
| Lysine | 1.20 |
| Methionine | 0.50 |
| Methionine + cysteine | 0.85 |
1
The CP content was 60%.
2
Premix provided per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 12,000 IU; vitamin D3, 2500 IU; vitamin E, 20 IU; menadione sodium bisulfate, 1.3 mg; thiamin, 2.2 mg; riboflavin, 8 mg; nicotinamide, 40 mg; calcium pantothenate, 10 mg; pyridoxine·HCl, 4 mg; biotin, 0.04 mg; folic acid, 1 mg; vitamin B12 (cobalamin), 0.013 mg; choline chloride, 400 mg; Fe (from ferrous sulfate), 80 mg; Cu (from copper sulfate), 8 mg; Mn (from manganese sulfate), 110 mg; Zn (from zinc sulfate), 60 mg; I (from calcium iodate), 1.1 mg; Se (from sodium selenite), 0.3 mg.