TABLE 1.
Composition and nutrient levels of diets (%).
| Item | Content |
| Ingredients | |
| Wheat | 64.53 |
| Soybean meal | 28.52 |
| Soybean oil | 2.89 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 1.97 |
| Limestone | 0.93 |
| Sodium chloride | 0.35 |
| Choline chloride (50%) | 0.25 |
| L-Lys HCl | 0.17 |
| Trace minerala | 0.20 |
| DL-methionine (Met) | 0.14 |
| Ethoxyquin | 0.03 |
| Vitamin premixb | 0.03 |
| Total | 100.00 |
| Calculated composition | |
| ME, Mcal/kg | 2.90 |
| CP | 21.50 |
| Available Phosphorus (P) | 0.45 |
| Calcium (Ca) | 1.00 |
| Lysine | 1.10 |
| Met + Cysteine (Cys) | 0.93 |
| Threonine | 0.82 |
aThe trace minerals supplied the following per kilogram of feed: copper, 8 mg; zinc, 75 mg; iron, 80 mg; manganese, 100 mg; selenium, 0.15 mg; and iodine, 0.35 mg. bThe vitamin premix supplied the following per kilogram of complete feed: vitamin A, 12 500 IU; vitamin D3, 2500 IU; vitamin K3, 2.65 mg; vitamin B1, 2 mg; vitaminB2, 6 mg; vitamin B12, 0.025 mg; vitamin E, 30 IU; biotin, 0.0325 mg; folic acid, 1.25 mg; pantothenic acid, 12 mg; and niacin, 50 mg.