Table 1.
Composition of basal diets.
| Ingredients | 1 to 17 d | 18 to 35 d |
|---|---|---|
| Ingredient, g/kg | ||
| Corn, yellow | 470.8 | 584.3 |
| Soybean meal, 36.7% CP | 441.0 | 337.5 |
| Fish meal | 50.0 | 40.0 |
| CaCO3, 38% | 20.0 | 20.0 |
| CaHPO4 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| Sodium chloride | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Choline chloride, 50% | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| DL-Methionine, 99.5% | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Vitamin premix 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Mineral premix 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Calculated value, g/kg | ||
| Crude protein | 230.0 | 195.0 |
| Methionine + Cystine | 10.0 | 9.0 |
| Lysine | 13.4 | 12.5 |
| Analyzed total phosphorus | 7.4 | 6.7 |
| Analyzed calcium | 13.9 | 13.1 |
| ME, kcal/kg | 3373.8 | 3353.7 |
1 Vitamin premix provided per kg of diet: 10 mg of nicotine amid, 0.02 mg of cholecalciferol, 0.3 mg of folic acid, 2 mg of pyridoxine HCl, 1.8 mg of all-trans-retinyl acetate, 8 mg of cyanocobalamin, 2.2 mg of menadione, 8.3 mg of alpha-tocopheryl acetate, 160 mg of choline chloride, and 20 mg of D-biotin; 2 Mineral premix provided per kg of diet: 60 μg of Se, 200 μg of Co (CoSO4), 800 μg of I (KI), 2 mg of Cu (CuSO4·5H2O), 24 mg of Zn (ZnO), 16 mg of Fe (FeSO4·7H2O), and 32 mg of Mn (MnSO4·H2O).