Table 1.
Ingredient and analyzed nutrient composition of basal diets
| Item | Basal diet |
|---|---|
| Ingredients, % | |
| Corn | 59.00 |
| Soybean meal | 18.40 |
| Fermented soybean meal | 5.00 |
| Fish meal | 3.00 |
| Soybean oil | 2.50 |
| Dried whey | 5.00 |
| Sugar | 2.00 |
| Glucose | 2.00 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 0.50 |
| Limestone | 0.50 |
| Salt | 0.30 |
| Lysine HCl | 0.40 |
| Methionine | 0.10 |
| Threonine | 0.10 |
| Choline chloride | 0.10 |
| Anti-mildew agent | 0.10 |
| Premix1 | 1.00 |
| Nutrient level | |
| Dry matter, % | 87.80 |
| Crude protein, % | 20.00 |
| Crude fiber, % | 1.60 |
| Neutral detergent fiber, % | 22.90 |
| Acid detergent fiber, % | 3.70 |
| Digestible energy, cal/g | 3,502 |
| Metabolizable energy, cal/g | 3,243 |
| Net energy, cal/g | 2,553 |
| Gross energy, cal/g | 4,563 |
1The premix provided the following per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 13,500 IU; vitamin D3, 2,925 IU; vitamin E, 45 mg; vitamin K3, 36.75 mg; vitamin B1, 6.75 mg; vitamin B2, 11.25 mg; vitamin B6, 7.2mg; vitamin B12, 0.054 mg; nicotinamide, 54 mg; calcium pantothenate, 15.75 mg; folic acid, 1.8 mg; biotin, 0.342 mg; Fe, 140 mg; Cu, 20 mg; Zn, 100 mg; Mn, 30 mg; I, 0.4 mg; and Se, 0.4 mg.