Table 1. Composition (g/kg, as-fed basis) of the experimental diets

Item Starter feed (Week 1–3) Grower feed (Week 4–5)
 Corn 48.51 60.96
 Wheat 8.40 4.12
 Wheat bran 4.10 -
 Soybean meal 48% 31.15 27.62
 Vegetable oil 3.30 3.30
 Limestone 1.20 0.95
 Mono-calcium phosphate 1.65 1.39
 Salt 0.30 0.35
 Vitamin-mineral premix1) 0.30 0.30
 Lysine-HCl 0.34 0.30
 DL-Methionine 0.20 0.19
 L-Threonine 0.13 0.11
 L-Cystine 0.12 0.11
 Cr2O3 0.30 0.30
Calculated values2)
 Crude protein (%) 22.0 20.0
 Metabolizable energy (kcal/kg) 3050 3200
 Lysine (%) 1.40 1.20
 Methionine (%) 0.64 0.60
 Methinonine + cystine (%) 1.00 0.93
 Calcium (%) 0.94 0.80
 Phosphorus (%) 0.43 0.37
 SID lysine 1.25 1.12
 SID methionine 0.60 0.56
 SID methionine + cystine 0.92 0.85
Provided per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 12,000 IU; vitamin D3, 2,500 IU; vitamin E, 30 IU; vitamin K3, 3 mg; D-pantothenic acid, 15 mg; nicotinic acid, 40 mg; choline, 400 mg; and vitamin B12, 12 μg; Fe, 90 mg from iron sulfate; Cu, 8.8 mg from copper sulfate; Zn, 100 mg from zinc oxide; Mn, 54 mg from manganese oxide; I, 0.35 mg from potassium iodide; Se, 0.30 mg from sodium selenite.
The values were calculated based on the values of feedstuffs in [24] to meet or exceed the [23].
SID, standardized ileal digestible.