TABLE 1.
Ingredients and nutrients composition of the basal diets (DM basis).
| Ingredients (%) | Starter (1–21 days) | Finisher (21–42 days) |
| Corn | 58.00 | 63.00 |
| Soybean (44% CP)a | 28.20 | 24.90 |
| Gluten (60% CP)b | 7.00 | 6.00 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 1.80 | 1.20 |
| Limestone | 1.30 | 1.30 |
| Soybean oil | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Salt | 0.30 | 0.30 |
| L-Lysine HCl | 0.20 | 0.20 |
| DL-Methionine | 0.20 | 0.10 |
| Premixc | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
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| Calculated composition | ||
| ME (kcal/kg)d | 3,012.26 | 3,068.97 |
| Crude protein (%) | 21.99 | 20.28 |
| Calcium (%) | 0.98 | 0.84 |
| Total phosphor (%) | 0.72 | 0.59 |
| Methionine (%) | 0.59 | 0.47 |
| Methionine + cysteine (%) | 0.95 | 0.80 |
| Lysine (%) | 1.14 | 1.06 |
a,bCrude protein.
cProvided the following per kilogram of diet: 13,000 IU of vitamin A; 1,300 IU of vitamin D; 65 IU of vitamin E; 3.4 mg of menadione; 37 mg of pantothenic acid; 6.6 mg of riboflavin; 3.7 mg of folic acid; 39 mg of niacin; 1.0 mg of thiamine; 4.3 mg of vitamin B6; 0.23 mg biotin; 0.075 mg of vitamin B12: 43 mg of choline chloride.
170 mg of zinc; 140 mg of iron; 34 mg of manganese; 16 mg of copper; 0.29 mg of iodine; 0.29 mg of selenium. dMetabolizable energy.