Table 1.
Composition and nutrient levels of the basal diets.
| Ingredients | Calculated Nutritional Levels | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Corn | 57.30 | Metabolizable energy (Kcal/kg) | 3044 |
| Soybean meal | 35.20 | Crude protein (%) | 20.02 |
| Soybean oil | 3.99 | Methionine (%) | 0.40 |
| Limestone | 1.12 | Ca (%) | 0.90 |
| CaHPO4·2H2O | 1.61 | Available phosphorus (%) | 0.40 |
| Methionine | 0.10 | Lysine (%) | 1.07 |
| Salt | 0.30 | Methionine + Cysteine (%) | 0.73 |
| Choline chloride | 0.15 | ||
| Premix 1 | 0.23 | ||
| Total | 100.00 |
1 The vitamin mix provided (per kg of complete diet): vitamin A, 4000 IU; vitamin D3, 800 IU; vitamin E, 44 IU; vitamin K3, 0.5 mg; thiamine,1 mg; riboflavin, 3.75 mg; vitamin B6,1 mg; vitamin B12,15 μg; niacin, 10 mg; biotin, 0.2 mg; pantothenic acid, 12 mg; folic acid, 1.3mg; Cu, 10 mg as CuSO4·5H2O; Fe, 80 mg as FeSO4; I, 0.6mg as KI; Zn, 100 mg as ZnSO4; Mn, 25 mg as MnSO4; Se, 0.15 mg as Na2SeO3.