Table 1. Diets composition (as-fed basis)

	Phase 1 (0–14 days)				Phase 2 (15–35 days)
	CON1)	LP	PLP1	PLP2	CON	LP	PLP1	PLP2
Corn	36.17	36.87	36.78	37.28	62.56	63..30	63.20	63.68
Expeller-pressed corn	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Lactose	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Dehulled soybean meal	12.14	11.49	11.50	11.03	10.36	9.66	9.68	924
Hamlet protein	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
Plasma protein	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Whey protein	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	-	-	-	-
Soybean oil	1.26	1.26	1.29	1.28	0.70	0.69	0.72	0.72
Limestone powder	1.20	120	120	120	0..99	0..99	0..99	0..99
Mono-calcium phosphate	1.23	123	123	123	133	133	133	133
Methionine	0.15	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.12	0.11	0.11	0.10
Lysine	0.32	028	028	026	0.41	0.39	0.39	036
Choline chloride	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10
Zinc oxide	0.23	0.23	0.23	0.23	0.23	0.23	0.23	0.23
Vitamin-mineral mix2)	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50
Saline	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.40
Chromium oxide	0.30	030	030	030	030	030	030	030
Protease	-	-	0.05	0.05	-	-	0.05	0.05
Total	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Calculated value
Moisture	9.85	9.87	9.86	9.87	11.43	11.45	11.44	11.45
Crude protein (%)	20.60	20.30	20.30	20.10	18.88	18.58	18.58	18.38
Crude fat (%)	3.30	3.32	3.35	3.35	324	325	328	329
Crude fiber (%)	1.66	1.66	1.65	1.65	1.82	1.81	1.81	1.80
Crude ash (%)	6.48	6.45	6.45	6.43	5.83	5.80	5.80	5.78
Calcium (%)	0.79	0.79	0.79	0.79	0.69	0.69	0.69	0.69
Phosphorus (%)	0.62	0.62	0.62	0.62	0.61	0.60	0.60	0.60
Lysine (%)	1.53	1.48	1.48	1.45	1.40	136	136	133
Methionine (%)	0.44	0. 43	0.43	0.42	0.40	0.39	0.39	0.38
Metabolizable energy (kcal)	3.400	3.400	3.400	3.400	3.350	3.350	3.350	3.350

CON, basal diet; LP, CON - 0.3% CP; PLP1, LP + 0.05% protease; PLP2, (CON - 0.50% CP) + 0.05% protease.
Provided per kilogram of complete diet: vitamin A, 10,000 IU; vitamin D₃, 2,000 IU; vitamin E,48 IU; vitamin K₃, 1.5 mg; riboflavin, 6 mg; niacin, 40 mg; d-pantothenic, 17 mg; biotin, 0.2 mg; folic acid, 2 mg; choline, 166 mg; vitamin B₆, 2 mg; and vitamin B₁₂, 28 mg, Fe (as FeSO₄∙7H₂O), 90 mg; Cu (as CuSO₄∙5H₂O), 15 mg; Zn (as ZnSO₄), 50 mg; Mn (as MnO₂), 54 mg; I (as KI), 0.99 mg; and Se(as Na₂SeO₃∙5H₂O), 0.25 mg.
LP, low protein; CP, crude protein.