Table 1. Feed ingredients and chemical composition of the experimental diets

Item Ratio (%)
Ingredients
 Corn 55.80
 Soybean meal (44%) 24.40
 Wheat bran 9.00
 Molasses 3.00
 Soybean hull 3.00
 Soybean oil 2.00
 Limestone 1.10
 Tricalcium phosphate 0.40
 Salt 0.40
 L-Lysine (78%) 0.40
 DL-Methionine (50%) 0.20
 Vitamin-mineral premix1) 0.30
Calculated composition
 Digestible energy (kcal/kg) 3,450
 Crude protein 18.00
 Lysine 1.37
 Methionine + Cysteine 0.70
The values supplied per kg premix feed concentrations: Vit A, 5,000,000 IU; Vit D3, 1,000,000 IU; Vit E, 1,000 mg; Vit B1, 150 mg; Vit B2, 300 mg; Vit B12, 1,500 mg; Niacin amide, 1,500 mg; DL-calcium pantothenate, 1,000 mg; Folic acid, 200 mg; Vit H, 10 mg; Choline chloride, 2,000 mg; Mn, 3,800 mg; Zn, 1,500 mg; Fe, 4,000 mg; Cu, 500 mg; I, 250 mg; Co, 100 mg; Mg, 200 mg.