Table 1.

Composition and nutrient specifications of control diet (as-fed basis, g/kg).

Feed ingredient	Content	Specification	Content
Wheat	495	Metabolizable energy, MJ/kg	12.34
Soybean meal	315	Crude protein	236.9
Canola meal	75.0	Calcium	10.50
Soy oil	50.0	Total phosphorus	6.46
L-Lysine HCl	3.21	Phytate phosphorus	2.49
L-Threonine	1.61	Non-phytate phosphorus	3.97
L-Valine	0.90	Sodium	1.80
L-Arginine	0.74	Potassium	10.03
L-Isoleucine	0.39	Chloride	2.50
Sodium chloride	2.17	DEB, mEq/kg	264
Sodium bicarbonate	1.66	Crude fat	73.5
Limestone	11.14	Crude fibre	26.9
Dicalcium phosphate	15.38	Digestible lysine	13.0
		Digestible TSAA	6.37
Xylanase	0.05	Digestible methionine	3.07
Phytase	0.05	Digestible threonine	8.58
Choline chloride 60%	1.00	Digestible tryptophan	2.68
Celite	20.0	Digestible isoleucine	8.84
Sand1	4.14	Digestible leucine	14.78
Vitamin-mineral premix2	3.00	Digestible valine	10.27

DEB = dietary electrolyte balance; TSAA = total sulphur amino acid.

¹L-Methionine was incorporated into the control diet at the expense of sand at appropriate inclusion rates to generate the balance of dietary treatments.

²The vitamin-mineral premix supplied per tonne of feed: [MIU] retinol 12, cholecalciferol 5, [g] tocopherol 50, menadione 3, thiamine 3, riboflavin 9, pyridoxine 5, cobalamin 0.025, niacin 50, pantothenate 18, folate 2, biotin 0.2, copper 20, iron 40, manganese 110, cobalt 0.25, iodine 1, molybdenum 2, zinc 90, selenium 0.3.