Table 1.

Compositions of basal diets (as-fed-basis)

Items	Content
Ingredients, %
Corn	34.43
Extruded corn	15.00
Lactose	10.00
Dehulled soybean meal, 51% CPa	13.50
Soy protein concentrate, 65% CPa	10.00
Plasma powder	6.00
Whey	5.00
Soy oil	2.20
Monocalcium phosphate	1.26
Limestone	1.40
L-Lysine-HCl, 78%	0.06
DL-Methionine, 50%	0.15
Choline chloride, 25%	0.10
Vitamin premixb	0.25
Trace mineral premixc	0.25
Salt	0.40
Total	100.00
Calculated value
ME, Kcal/kg	3433
CP, %	20.76
Lysine, %	1.35
Methionine, %	0.39
Ca	0.82
P	0.65
Analyzed value
ME, kcal/kg	3512
CP, %	20.92

^aAbbreviation: CP Crude protein

^bProvided per kg of complete diet: vitamin A, 11,025 IU; vitamin D₃, 1103 IU; vitamin E, 44 IU; vitamin K, 4.4 mg; riboflavin, 8.3 mg; niacin, 50 mg; thiamine, 4 mg; d-pantothenic, 29 mg; choline, 166 mg; and vitamin B₁₂, 33 mg

^cProvided per kg of complete diet without Zinc: Cu (as CuSO₄•5H₂O), 12 mg; Mn (as MnO₂), 8 mg; I (as KI), 0.28 mg; and Se (as Na₂SeO₃•5H₂O), 0.15 mg