Table 1. Ingredients and chemical composition of the experimental diets

Item	Ratio (%)
Ingredients
Corn	64.60
Soybean meal (45%)	20.50
Wheat bran	8.90
Soybean oil	2.00
Molasses	1.50
Limestone	0.75
Tricalcium phosphate	0.55
L-Lysine	0.40
Salt	0.30
Vitamin-mineral premix1)	0.50
Calculated composition
Metabolizable energy (kcal/kg)	3,300
Crude protein	16.00
Crude fat	4.80
Lysine	1.01
Methionine + cysteine	0.48
Calcium	0.53
Phosphorus	0.46
Ash	4.47

Supplied per kg of diet: 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.