Table 1. Composition of experimental diet for weaning pigs (as-fed basis)

Item	Basal diet
Ingredient (%)	100.00
Corn	55.11
Soybean meal (44%)	37.00
Tallow	2.50
Meat and bone meal	2.00
Limestone	0.95
Mono-dicalcium phosphate	0.92
L-Lysine-HCl	0.84
DL-Methionine	0.29
L-Threonine	0.19
Vitamin-Mineral premix1)	0.20
Calculated energy and nutrient contents
Metabolizable energy (kcal/kg)	3,400
Crude protein (%)	24.31
Calcium (%)	0.85
Phosphorus (%)	0.70

Provided per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 12,000 IU; vitamin D3,2,500 IU; vitamin E, 30 IU; vitamin K3, 3mg; D-pantothenic acid, 15mg; nicotinic acid, 40 mg; choline, 400 mg; and vitamin B12, 12 μg; Fe, 90mg 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.