Table 1.
Ingredients calculated and analyzed chemical composition of the basal diet (%, as fed basis, unless otherwise indicated).
| Item | Basal Diet |
|---|---|
| Maize | 50.88 |
| Soybean meal (46.5% CP) | 39.97 |
| Lard | 4.00 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 1.97 |
| Calcium carbonate | 1.11 |
| Titanium dioxide | 0.50 |
| Vitamins and Minerals 1 | 0.50 |
| Sodium bicarbonate | 0.32 |
| DL-methionine | 0.30 |
| Sodium chloride | 0.23 |
| L-lysine HCl | 0.16 |
| L-threonine | 0.06 |
| Calculated composition | |
| AMEn 2 (kcal/kg) | 2950 |
| Crude fiber | 2.91 |
| Crude protein | 22.7 |
| Lysine | 1.22 |
| Methionine | 0.60 |
| Methionine + cysteine | 0.90 |
| Threonine | 0.79 |
| Tryptophan | 0.24 |
| Calcium | 1.02 |
| Digestible phosphorus | 0.45 |
| Sodium | 0.19 |
| Analyzed composition (% DM) | |
| Dry matter | 89.3 |
| TiO2 | 0.46 |
| Crude protein | 23.8 |
| Ether extract | 6.50 |
| Gross energy (kcal/kg) | 4035 |
1 Providing the following (per kilogram of diet): vitamin A (trans retinyl acetate), 7.500 IU; vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), 2.000 IU; vitamin E (all-rac-tocopherol acetate), 9 mg; vitamin K (bisulfate menadione complex), 2 mg; riboflavin, 5.5 mg; pantothenic acid (D-calcium pantothenate), 9 mg; nicotinic acid, 25 mg; pyridoxine (pyridoxine·HCl), 1.85 mg; vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamine), 12.5 μg; D-biotin, 0.10 mg; folic acid, 0.5 mg; Betaine-HCl, 175 mg; Se (Na2SeO3), 0.2 mg; I (KI), 1.8 mg; Cu (CuSO4·H2O), 6.25 mg; Fe (FeSO4·H20), 30 mg; Zn (ZnO), 52 mg; Mn (MnSO4·H2O), 80 mg; BHT, 0.16 mg. 2 AMEn, apparent metabolizable energy.