Table 1.
Composition and nutrient level of basic diet (air dry basis %).
| Ingredient | Content | Composition | Nutrient content |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corn | 27.79 | Calculated Composition | |
| Extruded corn | 28.61 | DE (MJ/kg) | 3.55 |
| Dehulled soybean meal | 10.33 | Crude protein | 19.59 |
| Extruded soybean | 4.50 | Calcium | 0.81 |
| Fish meal | 0.50 | Total phosphorus | 0.57 |
| Whey powder | 8.00 | Available phosphorus | 0.37 |
| Soybean protein concentrate | 12.00 | Lys | 1.36 |
| Soybean oil | 1.90 | Met+Cys | 0.75 |
| Sucrose | 3.50 | Thr | 0.79 |
| Limestone | 0.91 | Trp | 0.23 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 0.74 | Analyzed composition | |
| Nacl | 0.25 | Crude protein | 19.70 |
| L-Lys-HCl (78%) | 0.38 | Crude ash | 4.80 |
| DL-Met (99%) | 0.17 | Dry matter | 90.90 |
| Trp (98%) | 0.05 | Ether extraction | 6.20 |
| Thr (98.5%) | 0.02 | Zinc3 | 0.002 |
| Chloride choline | 0.10 | ||
| Vitamin premix1 | 0.05 | ||
| Mineral premix2 | 0.20 | ||
| Total | 100.00 |
1
The premix provides following per kg diet:VA 5512IU, VD32250 IU, VE 24mg, VK3 3mg, VB2 6mg, VB6 3mg, VB12 24μg, folic acid 1.2mg, nicotinic acid 14mg, biotin 150μg, D-pantothenic acid 15mg.
2
The premix provides following per kg diet: Fe 100mg, Cu 6mg, Mn 4mg, I 0.14mg, Se 0.3mg.
3
Analyzed zinc content of experimental diets were as follows: 0.002% (Control group), 0.013% (ZnSO4 group), 0.012% (Gly-Zn group), 0.012% (Zinc lactate group), respectively.