Table 1.
Formulation and calculated composition of the basal diet.
| Period | 1–20 d |
|---|---|
| Ingredient (%) | |
| Corn | 57.00 |
| Soybean meal (44.2%, crude protein) | 31.30 |
| Corn gluten meal (60%, crude protein) | 3.90 |
| Soybean oil | 3.10 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 1.80 |
| Limestone | 1.30 |
| L-Lysine | 0.15 |
| DL-Methionine | 0.15 |
| Premix1 | 1.00 |
| Salt | 0.30 |
| Total | 100.00 |
| Calculation of nutrients | |
| Metabolizable energy, kcal/kg | 3,033 |
| Crude protein, % | 21.52 |
| L-Lysine, % | 1.14 |
| Methionine, % | 0.50 |
| Calcium, % | 1.00 |
| Total phosphorus, % | 0.65 |
| Available phosphorus, % | 0.46 |
| Arginine, % | 1.36 |
| Methionine + cystine, % | 0.85 |
| Analyzed composition | |
| Crude protein, % | 21.38 |
| Calcium, % | 1.06 |
| Total phosphorus, % | 0.68 |
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Provided per kg of diet: vitamin A (trans-retinyl acetate), 10,000 IU; vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), 3,000 IU; vitamin E (all-rac-α-tocopherol acetate), 30 IU; menadione, 1.3 mg; thiamin, 2.2 mg; riboflavin, 8 mg; nicotinamide, 40 mg; choline chloride, 600 mg; calcium pantothenate, 10 mg; pyridoxine·HCl, 4 mg; biotin, 0.04 mg; folic acid, 1 mg; vitamin B12 (cobalamin), 0.013 mg; Fe (from ferrous sulfate), 80 mg; Cu (from copper sulfate), 8 mg; Mn (from manganese sulfate), 110 mg; Zn (from zinc oxide), 65 mg; I (from calcium iodate), 1.1 mg; and Se (from sodium selenite), 0.3 mg.