Table 1.
Ingredients and nutrient level of the basal diet (%, air-dry basis).
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Ingredients | |
| Corn | 57.70 |
| Soybean meal (46%) | 12.50 |
| Expanded corn | 8.00 |
| Full-fat soybean | 8.00 |
| Fermented soybean meal | 4.00 |
| Whey powder | 3.00 |
| Fish meal (crude protein 67%) | 3.00 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 1.80 |
| Limestone | 0.50 |
| l-Lysine (78%) | 0.30 |
| l-Threonine | 0.10 |
| dl-Methionine | 0.08 |
| Wheat middling | 0.02 |
| Premix1 | 1.00 |
| Total | 100 |
| Calculated nutrient levels | |
| Digestible energy, MJ/kg | 14.04 |
| Crude protein | 18.31 |
| Lysine | 1.31 |
| Methionine | 0.40 |
| Methionine + Cystine | 0.70 |
| Threonine | 0.80 |
| Calcium | 0.85 |
| Total phosphorus | 0.72 |
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The premix provided the following per kilogram complete diet: vitamin A, 12,000 IU; vitamin D3, 3,000 IU; α-tocopherol, 50 mg; vitamin K3, 4 mg; vitamin B1, 4 mg; vitamin B2, 10 mg; vitamin B6, 7 mg; vitamin B12, 0.05 mg; niacin, 30 mg; pantothenic acid, 15 mg; folic acid, 0.3 mg; biotin, 0.08 mg; choline chloride, 500 mg; Fe (FeSO4·H2O), 110 mg; Cu (CuSO4·5H2O), 7 mg; Zn (ZnO), 110 mg; I (KIO3), 0.3 mg; Mn (MnSO4·H2O), 5 mg; Se (Na2SeO3), 0.3 mg.