Table 1. Chemical composition of basal diets (%, as-fed basis)
Items | Content |
Ingredient |
Corn | 61.35 |
Wheat | 7.50 |
Soybean meal | 25.10 |
Wheat bran | 3.00 |
Monocalcium phosphate | 1.00 |
Limestone | 1.00 |
Vitamin premix1) | 0.10 |
Mineral premix2) | 0.20 |
L-Lysine-HCl (78%) | 0.30 |
DL-Methionine (50%) | 0.10 |
L-Threonine (89%) | 0.20 |
Salt | 0.15 |
Calculated composition |
ME (kcal/kg) | 3,360 |
Crude protein | 18.1 |
Crude fat | 5.4 |
Crude fiber | 4.1 |
Crude ash | 4.9 |
Calcium | 0.8 |
Total phosphorus | 0.6 |
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.