Table 1.
Ingredient and nutrient levels of basal diets (air-dried basis).
| Ingredients, % | Nutrient levels, %b | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Corn | 64.15 | Metabolizable energy, MJ/kg | 11.20 |
| Soybean meal | 22.70 | Crude protein | 15.80 |
| Soybean oil | 0.65 | Calcium | 3.78 |
| Limestone | 7.50 | Available phosphorus | 0.37 |
| NaCl | 0.15 | Lysine | 0.82 |
| Choline | 0.13 | Methionine | 0.40 |
| DL-Methionine | 0.12 | Methionine+cystine | 0.64 |
| Premixa | 4.60 | ||
| Total | 100.00 |
a
Premix provided the following per kg of the diet: vitamin A, 12,500 IU; vitamin D3, 4125 IU; vitamin E, 15 IU; vitamin K, 2 mg; thiamine, 1 mg; riboflavin, 8.5 mg; calcium pantothenate, 11 mg; niacin, 32.5 mg; pyridoxine, 8 mg; biotin, 0.5 mg; folic acid, 1.25 mg; vitamin B12, 0.02 mg; Mn, 65 mg; I, 1 mg; Fe, 60 mg; Cu, 8 mg; Zn, 66 mg; phytase, 500 mg.
b
The nutrient levels were calculated values.