Table 1. Ingredients and Nutrient Content of the Diets (% DM).
| ingredients | (%) | nutrientc | (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| corn | 67.40 | crude protein | 13.49 |
| soybean meal | 12.40 | ME (Mcal/kg) | 2.70 |
| peanut meal | 3.00 | Met | 0.46 |
| soybean hull | 4.00 | Met + cysteine | 0.66 |
| Met | 0.27 | Lys | 0.76 |
| Lys-HCl | 0.24 | Ile | 0.72 |
| Ile | 0.26 | Thr | 0.56 |
| Thr | 0.10 | tryptophan | 0.16 |
| tryptophan | 0.03 | arginine | 0.84 |
| valine | 0.04 | histidine | 0.34 |
| phenylalanine | 0.03 | leucine | 1.17 |
| limestone | 8.30 | phenylalanine | 0.63 |
| dicalcium phosphate | 1.50 | phenylpropionyl tyrosine | 1.08 |
| NaCl (salt) | 0.30 | valine | 0.60 |
| vitamin premixa | 0.03 | glycine + serine | 1.06 |
| mineral premixb | 0.30 | Na | 0.15 |
| choline chloride | 0.07 | Cl | 0.26 |
| Ssoybean oil | 1.00 | Ca | 3.54 |
| zeolite powder | 0.73 | total P | 0.54 |
| total | 100.00 | non-phytate phosphorus | 0.36 |
a
Vitamin premix supplied (per kg of diet): vitamin A, 96,000 IU; vitamin D3, 3600 IU; vitamin E, 75 mg; vitamin K3, 4.8 mg; vitamin B1, 4.8 mg; vitamin B2, 9 mg; folic acid, 0.9 mg; calcium pantothenate, 15 mg; niacin 45 mg; vitamin B6, 4.4 mg; vitamin B12, 24 μg; and biotin: 0.15 mg.
b
Mineral premix provided (per kg of diet): Cu, 6.8 mg; Fe, 66 mg; Zn, 83 mg; Mn, 80 mg; I, 1 mg; and Se, 0.3 mg.
c
The nutrient levels were calculated values.