TABLE 1.
Ingredients and composition of the basal diet for C (control).
| Ingredients,% | 0–14 days | 14–42 days |
| Corn | 61.43 | 65.02 |
| Soybean meal | 6.41 | 8.21 |
| Extruded soybean | 6.12 | 4.25 |
| Whey powder | 12.00 | 10.00 |
| Fish meal | 5.00 | 4.00 |
| SDPP | 5.00 | 3.00 |
| Limestone | 0.90 | 0.80 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 0.40 | 0.54 |
| Salt | 0.35 | 0.30 |
| L-lysine HCl (98%) | 0.33 | 0.45 |
| DL-Methionine | 0.11 | 0.07 |
| L-Threonine | 0.11 | 0.13 |
| L-Tryptophan | 0.01 | 0.03 |
| Soy oil | 1.28 | 2.76 |
| ZnO | 0.20 | 0.04 |
| Vitamin and mineral premixa | 0.35 | 0.40 |
| Nutrient composition (%) | ||
| DE (Kcal/kg) | 3455 | 3452 |
| CP | 19.41 | 19.06 |
| Calcium | 0.85 | 0.84 |
| Phosphorus | 0.32 | 0.32 |
SDPP, spray-dried plasma protein; avitamin–mineral premix supplied per kg of feed: 100 mg of Fe (FeSO4), 100 mg of Zn (ZnSO4), 30 mg of Mn (MnSO4), 25 mg of Cu (CuSO4), 0.5 mg of I (KIO3), 0.3 mg of Co (CoSO4), 0.3 mg of Se (Na2SeO3), and 0.5 mg of ethoxyquin, 10,500 IU of vitamin A, 200 IU of vitamin D3, 60 IU of vitamin E, 2.0 mg of vitamin K3, 0.03 mg of vitamin B12, 12 mg of riboflavin, 30 mg of niacin, 25 mg of D-pantothenic acid, 0.18 mg of biotin, 1.5 mg of folic acid, 3.0 mg of thiamine, 2.25 mg of pyridoxine, and 500 mg of choline chloride.