Table 1. Chemical composition of the basal diets (as-fed basis)

Items Content
HP LP
Ingredient (%)
 Corn 64.95 72.43
 Wheat 7.00 5.00
 Soybean meal 22.00 17.50
 Wheat bran 3.00 2.00
 Monocalcium phosphate 1.00 1.00
 Limestone 1.00 1.00
 Vitamin premix1) 0.10 0.10
 Mineral premix2) 0.20 0.20
 L-Lysine-HCl (78%) 0.30 0.32
 DL-Methionine (50%) 0.10 0.10
 L-Threonine (89%) 0.20 0.20
 Salt 0.15 0.15
 Total 100 100
Provided per kg of complete diet: vitamin A, 11,025 IU; vitamin D3, 1,103 IU; vitamin E, 44 IU; vitamin K, 4.4 mg; riboflavin, 8.3 mg; niacin, 50 mg; thiamine, 4 mg; D-pantothenic, 29 mg; choline, 166 mg; and vitamin B12, 33 μg.
Provided per kg of complete diet: copper (as CuSO4 · 5H2O), 12 mg; zinc (as ZnSO4), 85 mg; manganese (as MnO2), 8 mg; iodine (as KI), 0.28 mg; and selenium (as Na2SeO3 · 5H2O), 0.15 mg.
HP, high crude protein (17.3%); LP, low crude protein (15.1%).