Table 1.

Ingredient composition of experimental diets as-fed basis

Items	Starter	Grower	Finisher
Ingredients (%)
Corn	54.19	55.38	56.77
Soybean meal, 45% CP	33.80	26.1	18.23
Canola meal	5.00	10.0	15.0
Soybean oil	2.10	3.62	5.07
MDCP	-	1.28	1.12
DCP	1.70	-	-
Limestone	1.15	1.34	1.22
L-lysine, 78.4%	0.50	0.65	0.81
DL-Methionine, 99%	0.46	0.47	0.52
L-Threonine, 98.5%	0.20	0.25	0.32
L-Tryptophan, 90%	-	0.01	0.04
NaHCO3	0.10	0.10	0.10
Salt	0.30	0.30	0.30
Vitamin premix1)	0.20	0.20	0.20
Mineral premix2)	0.20	0.20	0.20
Choline	0.10	0.10	0.10
Analyed values (%)
Metabolizable energy (kcal/kg)	3,000	3,100	3,200
Crude protein	23.0	21.5	20.0
Lysine	1.50	1.40	1.30
Methionine+Cystine	1.08	0.99	0.94
Total phosphate	0.48	0.44	0.41
Calcium	0.96	0.87	0.81

MDCP, monocalcium phosphate; DCP, dicalcium phosphate.

¹⁾Provided per kg of complete diet: 11,025 IU vitamin A; 1,103 IU vitamin D₃; 44 IU vitamin E; 4.4 mg vitamin K; 8.3 mg riboflavin; 50 mg niacin; 4 mg thiamine; 29 mg d-pantothenic; 166 mg choline; 33 μg vitamin B₁₂.

²⁾Provided per kg of complete diet: 12 mg Cu (as CuSO₄·5H₂O); 85 mg Zn (asZnSO₄); 8 mg Mn (as MnO₂); 0.28 mg I (as KI); 0.15 mg Se (as Na₂SeO₃·5H₂O).