Table 1. Ingredients and chemical composition of the basal experimental diets (as fed basis)

Items	Grower 0–2 w	Finisher 2–8 w
Ingredients (%)
Corn	65.10	72.38
Soybean meal	23.90	17.40
Wheat bran	7.00	6.00
Soybean oil	1.00	1.00
L-Lysine	0.10	0.28
DL-Methionine	0.04	0.04
L-Theronine	0.03	0.03
Dicalcium phosphate	1.00	1.00
Limestone	1.20	1.25
Salt	0.50	0.50
Vitamin premix1)	0.08	0.08
Mineral premix2)	0.05	0.05
Calculated composition
ME (kcal/kg)	3,276	3,284
Crude protein (%)	18.00	15.50
Lysine (%)	1.01	0.97
Methionine (%)	0.33	0.29
Calcium (%)	0.78	0.76
Phosphorus (%)	0.62	0.58

Provided per kilogram of complete diet: 20,000 IU of vitamin A, 4,000 IU of vitaminD₃, 80 IU of vitamin E, 16 mg of vitamin K₃, 4 mg of thiamine, 20 mg of riboflavin, 6 mg of pyridoxine, 0.08 mg of vitamin B₁₂, 120 mg of niacin, 50 mg of Ca-Pantothenate, 2 mg of folic acid, 0.08 mg of biotin.
Provided per kilogram of complete diet: 12.5 mg of manganese, 179 mg of zinc, 140 mg of copper, 0.5 mg of iodine, 0.4 mg of selenium.
ME, metabolizable energy.