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. 2021 Sep 22;7(4):997–1008. doi: 10.1016/j.aninu.2021.05.005

Table 1.

Composition and nutrient levels of the basal diet (DM basis, %).

Item Phase 1:
Phase 2:
Body weight <25 kg Body weight >25 kg
Ingredients
 Corn 66 75
 Bean cake 26.4 20
 Soybean oil 3.5 1.5
 Common salt 0.5 0.3
 Stone powder 0.9 0.9
 Calcium hydrogen phosphate 1 0.9
 Premix1 1 1
Nutrient levels
 Digestive energy, kcal/kg 3,494.41 3,406.7
 Crude protein 15.96 14.66
 Ca 0.72 0.67
 Effective P 0.29 0.27
 Lys 1.23 0.98
 Met 0.36 0.28
 Thr 0.73 0.59
 Try 0.2 0.17
1

Premix provided per kilogram of diet: copper (5 mg for phase 1; 4 mg for phase 2), iodine (0.14 mg for both phases), iron (100 mg for phase 1; 60 mg for phase 2), manganese (3 mg for phase 1; 2 mg for phase 2), Zinc (80 mg for phase 1; 60 mg for phase 2); vitamin A (1,750 IU for phase 1; 1,300 IU for phase 2), vitamin D3 (200 IU for phase 1; 150 IU for phase 2), vitamin E (11 IU for both phases), vitamin K3 (0.5 mg for both phases), biotin (0.05 mg for both phases), choline (0.4 g for phase 1; 0.3 g for phase 2), folic acid (0.3 mg for both phases), nicotinic acid (30 mg for both phases), pantothenic acid (9 mg for phase 1; 8 mg for phase 2), riboflavin (3 mg for phase 1; 2.5 mg for phase 2), thiamine (1 mg for both phases), vitamin B6 (3 mg for phase 1; 1 mg for phase 2), vitamin B12 (15 μg for phase 1; 10 μg for phase 2).