Table 1.

Ingredient composition and calculated nutrient content of basal diet (% Dry matter).

Ingredient	Content (%)	Nutrient	%
Corn	56.4	Metabolic Energy (ME)	10.98 MJ/kg
Soybean meal	26.2	Crude protein	17.04
Wheat bran	2.4	Crude fat	3.47
Corn germ meal	3.5	Crude fibre	2.68
Lard	0.8	Calcium	3.4
Limestone (fine)	2.3	Total phosphorus	0.63
Limestone (coarse)	6	Available phosphorus	0.37
Dicalcium phosphate	1.34	Lysine	0.86
Sodium chloride	0.24	Methionine	0.39
Choline chloride	0.12
Vitamin premix 1 + mineral premix 2	0.7
Total	100

Vitamin premix ¹ supplied (per kg of diet): Vitamin A, 6000 IU; Vitamin D3, 1500 IU; Vitamin K3, 4.2 mg; Vitamin B1, 3 mg; Vitamin B2, 10.2 mg; Folic acid, 0.9 mg; Calcium pantothenate, 15 mg; Niacin 45 mg; Vitamin B6, 5.4 mg; Vitamin B12, 24 μg; Biotin 150 μg. Mineral premix ² provided (per kg of diet): Cu (CuSO₄·5H₂O), 6.8 mg; Fe (FeSO₄·7H₂O), 66 mg; Zn (ZnSO₄·7H₂O), 83 mg; Mn (MnSO₄·H₂O), 80 mg; I (KI), 1 mg; Se (Na₂SeO₃), 0.3 mg.