TABLE 1.
Composition and calculated analysis of diets.
| Ingredients (%) | Starter (d 1-11) | Grower (d 12-21) |
| Corn 8% | 52.64 | 54.50 |
| Corn gluten meal 62% | 4.70 | 4.71 |
| Soybean meal 44% | 35.09 | 32.70 |
| Vegetable oil | 2.91 | 4.00 |
| Limestone | 1.60 | 1.41 |
| Monocalcium phosphate | 1.70 | 1.55 |
| Salt | 0.30 | 0.30 |
| Sodium bicarbonate | 0.20 | 0.10 |
| Premix1 | 0.30 | 0.30 |
| L-Lysine | 0.32 | 0.23 |
| Dl-Methionine | 0.24 | 0.20 |
| Total | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| Calculated analysis | ||
| ME (Kcal/kg) | 3000.42 | 3100.11 |
| Crude protein | 23.00 | 22.00 |
| Calcium | 0.96 | 0.87 |
| Available Phosphorus | 0.48 | 0.435 |
| Lysine | 1.44 | 1.30 |
| Methionine | 0.62 | 0.57 |
| Total sulfur amino acids (%) | 1.00 | 0.93 |
1Provides per kg of diet: Vitamin A, 12,500 I.U; Vitamin D3, 4,000 I.U; Vitamin E, 20.00 IU; Vitamin K3, 4.00 mg; Vitamin B1, 4.0 mg; Vitamin B2, 6.0 mg; Vitamin B6, 5.00 mg; Vitamin B12, 20.0 mg; Niacin, 60.0 mg; D-Biotin, 200.0 mg; Calcium D-pantothenate, 18.333 mg; Folic acid, 2.083 mg; manganese, 100.0 mg; iron, 80.0 mg; ZnSO4⋅H2O, 212.52 mg; CuSO4⋅H2O, 31.18 mg; iodine, 2.0 mg; cobalt, 500.0 mg; and selenium, 250.0 mg.