Table 1.
Ingredients and nutrition composition of basal diets.
| Item | 1–20 Day | 21–35 Day |
|---|---|---|
| Ingredient (%, as fed) | ||
| Corn, yellow | 55.42 | 60.73 |
| Soybean meal | 35.52 | 31.53 |
| Fish meal | 3.99 | 3.63 |
| Vegetable oil | 3.52 | 3.02 |
| Limestone | 1.52 | 1.27 |
| Salt | 0.30 | 0.30 |
| Monocalcium phosphate | 0.92 | 0.78 |
| Vitamin premix 1 | 0.20 | 0.20 |
| Mineral premix 2 | 0.20 | 0.20 |
| DL-methionine | 0.20 | 0.20 |
| L-lysine | 0.10 | 0.06 |
| Choline chloride | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Nutritional content (%, as fed) | ||
| Dry matter | 8.89 | 8.87 |
| Crude protein | 22.16 | 20.63 |
| Analyzed calcium | 1.02 | 0.87 |
| Analyzed total phosphorus | 0.69 | 0.63 |
| Lysine | 1.12 | 0.95 |
| Methionine + Cystine | 0.85 | 0.76 |
| Metabolizable energy (kcal/kg) | 3081.1 | 3057.2 |
1 Premix supplied per kg of diet: 160 mg of choline chloride, 20 mg of D-biotin, 10 mg of nicotine amid, 8.3 mg of α-tocopheryl acetate, 8 mg of cyanocobalamin, 2.2 mg of menadione, 2 mg of pyridoxine HCl, 1.8 mg of all-trans-retinyl acetate, 0.3 mg of folic acid, and 0.02 mg of cholecalciferol; 2 Premix supplied per kg of diet: 32 mg of Mn (MnSO4·H2O), 24 mg of Zn (ZnO), 16 mg of Fe (FeSO4·7H2O), 2 mg of Cu (CuSO4·5H2O), 800 μg of I (KI), 200 μg of Co (CoSO4), and 60 μg of Se.