Table 1.
Ingredient and nutrient composition of the basal diet.
| Ingredients | g/100 g of Diet |
|---|---|
| Corn, 7.13% CP | 56.90 |
| Soybean meal, 44.7% CP | 29.00 |
| Corn gluten meal, 63.8% CP | 7.00 |
| Animal fat | 2.00 |
| NaCl | 0.30 |
| Monocalcium phosphate | 1.30 |
| DL-methionine, 99% | 0.35 |
| L-lysine, 56% | 0.50 |
| L-threonine, 99% | 0.10 |
| Ground limestone | 1.90 |
| Choline chloride, 50% | 0.20 |
| Vitamin premix 1 | 0.20 |
| Mineral premix 2 | 0.25 |
| Total | 100.0 |
| Calculated nutrient composition, % | |
| Nitrogen-corrected apparent metabolizable energy, kcal/kg 3 | 3047 |
| Dry matter 3 | 88.0 |
| Crude protein 3 | 23.7 |
| Calcium 4 | 1.03 |
| Total phosphorus 4 | 0.71 |
| Available phosphorus 4 | 0.45 |
| Lysine 4 | 1.33 |
| Methionine 4 | 0.72 |
| Methionine + Cysteine 4 | 1.08 |
| Threonine 4 | 0.93 |
1 Vitamin mixture provided following nutrients per kg of diet: vitamin A, 9000 IU; vitamin D3, 4000 IU; vitamin E, 58 mg; vitamin K3, 2.7 mg; vitamin B1, 2.3 mg; vitamin B2, 5.9 mg; vitamin B5, 17 mg; vitamin B6, 2.9 mg; vitamin B12, 0.015 mg; niacin, 54 mg; folic acid, 1.7 mg; biotin, 0.16 mg. 2 Mineral mixture provided following nutrients per kg of diet: Mn, 85.7 mg; Cu, 100 mg; Zn, 64.3 mg; Fe, 57.1 mg; I, 0.57 mg; Co, 0.17 mg; Se, 0.2 mg. 3 Analyzed value. 4 Calculated values.