Table 1.

Ingredients and nutrient level of basal diet (as-fed basis).

Ingredient	%
Corn	66.90
Soybean meal	23.69
Tallow	3.11
Molasses	3.00
Limestone	1.18
Monodicalcium phosphate	0.93
Salt	0.40
L-met (98%)	0.05
L-Lys (78%)	0.32
L-Thr (98.5%)	0.10
L-Trp (98%)	0.10
Vitamin-mineral Premixa	0.20
Choline	0.02
Total	100.00
Calculated nutrient value, 100%
Metabolizable energy, Mcal/kg	3.35
Crude protein	16.00
Crude fat	5.63
Crude fiber	2.89
Crude ash	4.42
Ca	0.66
Total P	0.51
Available P	0.26
SID lysine	0.98
SID methionine	0.28
Methionine + cystine	0.56
Threonine	0.59
Tryptophan	0.17

^aProvided per kg of complete diet: 6,000 IU vitamin A, 800 IU vitamin D3, 40 IU vitamin E, 2.0 mg vitamin K, 4.0 mg vitamin B6, 3.0 mg vitamin B12, 20 μg pantothenic acid, 15 mg niacin, and 0.02 mg biotin; 150 mg Cu (CuSO₄ ·5H₂O), 150 mg Fe (FeSO₄), 50 mg Zn (ZnSO₄), 0.5 mg I (KI), 2 mg Mn (MnSO₄·H₂O), and 0.3 mg Se (Na₂SeO₃).