Table 1.
Ingredient composition and nutrient levels of the basal diets (%, as-fed basis).
| Items | 1 to 21 d | 22 to 26 d |
|---|---|---|
| Ingredients | ||
| Broken rice | 61.86 | 68.00 |
| Soybean meal | 32.55 | 25.27 |
| Expanded soybean | 1.00 | 2.58 |
| Limestone | 1.21 | 1.15 |
| Calcium hydrophosphate | 1.87 | 1.58 |
| DL-Methionine | 0.21 | 0.12 |
| Premix1 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Salt | 0.30 | 0.30 |
| Total | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| Calculated nutrient levels2 | ||
| Apparent metabolisable energy (MJ/kg) | 12.12 | 12.54 |
| Crude protein | 21.00 | 19.00 |
| Calcium | 1.00 | 0.90 |
| Total phosphorus | 0.73 | 0.67 |
| Available phosphorus | 0.45 | 0.40 |
| Lysine | 1.13 | 1.00 |
| Methionine + cysteine | 0.85 | 0.72 |
1
Premix provided per kilogram of diet: 8,000 IU of vitamin A, 2,000 IU of vitamin D3, 20 IU of vitamin E, 1 mg of vitamin K3, 2.6 mg of thiamin, 5.4 mg of riboflavin, 6 mg of vitamin B6, 0.02 mg of vitamin B12, 40 mg of niacin, 0.8 mg of folic acid, 0.2 mg of biotin, 1200 mg of choline, and 20 mg of pantothenic acid, 60 mg of Zn, 80 mg of Mn, 80 mg of Fe, 8 mg of Cu, 0.35 mg of I, and 0.15 mg of Se.
2
Nutrient levels were analyzed values.