Table 1. Ingredients and nutritional content in experimental diet
Ingredients | Percentage |
Corn | 65.79 |
Soybean meal | 15.00 |
Wheat | 6.00 |
Wheat bran | 2.09 |
Beet pulp | 5.00 |
Molasses | 2.00 |
Limestone | 0.89 |
Animal fat | 1.00 |
L-Lysine | 0.12 |
Mono-calcium phosphate | 1.31 |
Salt | 0.30 |
Mineral premix1) | 0.25 |
Vitamin premix2) | 0.25 |
Calculated compositions |
ME (kcal/kg) | 3,300 |
CP (%) | 14.47 |
Ca (%) | 0.83 |
P (%) | 0.62 |
Lysine (%) | 0.80 |
Methionine (%) | 0.23 |
Provided the following quantities per kg of complete diet: Cu, 87.5 mg as copper sulfate; Fe, 125 mg as iron sulfate; I, 1.0 mg as potassium iodate; Mn, 75 mg as manganese sulfate; Se, 0.25 mg as sodium selenite; and Zn, 60 mg as zinc oxide.
Provided the following quantities per kg of complete diet: vitamin A, 12,500 IU; vitamin D3, 1,000 IU; vitamin E, 125 IU; vitamin K3, 6.3 mg; thiamin, 6.3 mg; riboflavin, 25.0 mg; pyridoxine, 12.5 mg; vitamin B12, 0.1 mg; pantothenic acid, 100 mg; folic acid, 7.5 mg; niacin, 225 mg; and biotin, 0.5 mg.