Table 3.
Compositions and nutrient levels of the basal diets.
| Item | Diet composition in each of two phases | |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1–21 | Day 22–42 | |
| Ingredients, g/kg | ||
| Corn | 510 | 544 |
| Soybean meal | 323 | 291 |
| Wheat bran | 80 | 80 |
| Soybean oil | 45 | 45 |
| DL-Methionine | 2 | 1 |
| Calcium carbonate | 15 | 15 |
| Calcium phosphate | 16 | 15 |
| Sodium chloride | 4 | 4 |
| Premix1 | 5 | 5 |
| Total | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Nutrient levels2, g/kg | ||
| Metabolic energy (ME), MJ/kg DM | 12.74 | 12.89 |
| Crude protein | 203 | 191 |
| Lysine | 9.9 | 9.7 |
| Methionine | 5.2 | 4.9 |
| Calcium | 10 | 9 |
| Phosphorus | 4.5 | 3.5 |
1Supplied per kilogram of complete diet: 11,025 IU vitamin A, 2,203 IU vitamin D3, 80 IU vitamin E, 4.4 mg vitamin K3, 4.4 mg thiamine, 11 mg riboflavin, 35 mg d-pantothenic acid, 59.5 mg niacin, 330 mg choline, 0.9 mg folic acid, 0.5 mg biotin, 55 μg vitamin B12, 40 mg Mn as manganese sulfate, 130 mg Fe as ferrous sulfate, 130 mg Zn as zinc sulfate, 15 mg Cu as copper sulfate, 0.35 mg I as calcium iodide, and 0.3 mg Se as sodium selenite.
2All items of nutrient level except ME were measured values (n = 6).