Table 1.

Composition and analysis of the experimental diets.

Items	Experimental Diets 1
	Starter 1–10 d		Grower 11–24 d		Finisher 24–35 d
	PC	NC	PC	NC	PC	NC
Ingredients, %
Yellow Corn	52.93	53.26	57.22	57.51	58.93	59.00
SBM, 44% CP	36.10	36.41	32.40	32.40	30.95	31.17
Corn gluten, 62%	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	2.50	2.50
Vegetable oil	3.00	3.00	3.10	3.10	4.60	4.60
Dicalcium phosphate	1.78	0.73	1.62	0.55	1.47	0.413
Limestone	1.26	1.70	0.83	1.62	0.79	1.57
dl-methionine	0.156	0.152	0.124	0.123	0.122	0.120
l-lysine	0.121	0.115	0.083	0.083	0.04	0.03
l-threonine	0.05	0.04	0.02	0.014	-	-
Common salt	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
Premix 2	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100
Chemical composition
ME, MJ/kg	12.55	12.57	12.96	13.00	13.39	13.40
Crude protein, %	22.96	23.03	21.50	21.60	20.00	20.07
Calcium, %	0.96	0.96	0.87	0.87	0.81	0.81
Available Phosphorus, %	0.48	0.28	0.44	0.24	0.41	0.21
Total Lysine, %	1.44	1.44	1.29	1.29	1.19	1.19
Total Methionine, %	0.56	0.56	0.51	0.51	0.48	0.48
Total Threonine, %	0.97	0.97	0.88	0.88	0.81	0.81
Analyzed composition
Dry matter %	90.5	90.4	89.80	89.76	89.7	90.1
Crude protein, %	22.89	22.96	21.47	21.52	19.93	20.00
Calcium, %	0.96	0.96	0.88	0.86	0.81	0.82
Available phosphorus, %	0.48	0.27	0.45	0.25	0.41	0.22

¹ PC: Positive control diet contained the recommended Ca and non-phytate phosphorus (nPP); NC, negative control diet contained the recommended Ca and low nPP. ² Provided per kg of diet: Vit. A, 12,000 IU; Vit. E, 40 mg; Vit. D₃, 3000 IU; Vit. K₃, 3 mg; thiamine, 2 mg; riboflavin, 6 mg; niacin, 45 mg; pantothenic acid, 12 mg; pyridoxine, 5 mg; biotin, 0.075 mg; folic acid, 2 mg; Vit. B₁₂, 0.02 mg; manganese, 100 mg; zinc, 60 mg; iron, 30 mg; copper, 10 mg; iodine, 1 mg; selenium, 0.2 mg; cobalt, 0.1 mg.