Table 1.

Composition of basal diets (as-fed basis).

Item	Phase 1	Phase 2
Ingredient, %
Corn, yellow	46.06	49.97
Soybean meal, 48% CP	19.00	21.00
Corn, DDGS 1	10.50	15.00
Whey permeate	12.50	6.25
Blood plasma	3.00	1.00
Poultry meal	4.10	2.00
Poultry fat	1.80	1.50
L-Lys HCl	0.56	0.51
DL-Met	0.17	0.12
L-Thr	0.15	0.12
L-Trp	0.01	0.01
Salt	0.23	0.22
Vitamin premix 2	0.03	0.03
Trace mineral premix 3	0.15	0.15
Dicalcium phosphate	0.62	0.55
Limestone	0.96	1.02
Titanium dioxide	0.00	0.40
Calculated composition
Dry matter, %	90.18	89.38
ME, kcal/kg	3404	3370
Crude protein, %	21.82	21.14
SID 4 Lys, %	1.35	1.23
SID Cys + Met, %	0.74	0.68
SID Trp, %	0.22	0.20
SID Thr, %	0.79	0.73
Ca, %	0.80	0.70
STTD 5 P, %	0.40	0.33
Total P, %	0.63	0.65
Analyzed composition
Dry matter, %	88.97	88.68
Crude protein, %	22.30	22.11
Ca, %	0.96	0.75
Total P, %	0.72	0.68

¹ DDGS: distillers dried grains with solubles. ² The vitamin premix provided per kilogram of complete diet: 6614 IU of vitamin A as vitamin A acetate, 992 IU of vitamin D₃, 19.8 IU of vitamin E, 2.64 mg of vitamin K as menadione sodium bisulfate, 0.03 mg of vitamin B₁₂, 4.63 mg of riboflavin, 18.52 mg of D-pantothenic acid as calcium pantothenate, 24.96 mg of niacin, and 0.07 mg of biotin. ³ The trace mineral premix provided per kilogram of complete diet: 39.6 mg of Mn as manganous oxide; 165 mg of Fe as ferrous sulfate; 165 mg of Zn as Zinc sulfate; 15.15 mg of Cu as copper sulfate; 0.30 mg of I as ethylenediamine dihydroiodide; and 0.30 mg of Se as sodium selenite. ⁴ Functional oils composed of a mixture of castor oil and cashew nutshell liquid containing: oleic acid: 4.51%; palmitic acid: 1.30%; stearic acid: 1.38%; 8,11-Octadecadienoic acid methyl ester: 4.39%; Octadeca-9,12,15 trienoic acid: 0.54%; methyl ricinoleate: 87.37%; and elaidic acid: 0.51% (Oligo Basics, Cary, CA, USA) or corn. ⁴ SID = standardized ileal digestible. ⁵ STTD = standardized total tract digestible.