Table 1.
The ingredients and chemical composition of basal diets (%, DM basis).
| Item | Milk replacer | Starter diet |
|---|---|---|
| Ingredients | ||
| Corn | 50.0 | |
| Soybean meal | 25.0 | |
| Bran | 10.0 | |
| Premix1 | 2.50 | |
| Salt | 0.50 | |
| Sodium bicarbonate | 1.00 | |
| Calcium bicarbonate | 4.00 | |
| Corn husk | 15.0 | |
| Chemical composition | ||
| DM | 95.5 | 91.2 |
| ME2, MJ/kg | 19.36 | 13.38 |
| OM | 89.0 | 84.2 |
| EE | 16.0 | 3.73 |
| CP | 25.5 | 19.4 |
| Ash | 6.54 | 7.03 |
| NDF | – | 33.2 |
| ADF | – | 15.9 |
| Ca | 1.02 | 0.95 |
| P | 0.66 | 0.70 |
DM = dry matter; ME = metabolizable energy; OM = organic matter; EE = ether extract; CP = crude protein; NDF = neutral detergent fiber; ADF = acid detergent fiber.
1
The premix provides per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 12,000 IU; vitamin D3, 2,000 IU; vitamin E, 30 IU; Cu, 12 mg; Fe, 64 mg; Mn, 56 mg; Zn, 60 mg; I, 1.2 mg; Se, 0.4 mg; Co, 0.4 mg; Ca, 3.2 g; P, 1.2 g; NaCl, 6.4 g.
2
ME was calculated by the equations from NRC (2001).