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Table 1 Ingredients composition and analyzed nutrient content of basal diets (as fed-basis)

Items	Phase^a
Items	Starter	Finisher
Ingredients, %
Corn	55.84	61.57
Soybean meal	20.50	18.67
Corn gluten meal	14.73	10.35
Wheat bran	2.00	3.00
Soybean oil	3.00	3.00
Tri-calcium phosphate	1.81	1.29
Limestone	0.94	1.13
Salt	0.46	0.41
DL-Methionine (98%)	0.19	0.09
L-Lysine (98%)	0.23	0.19
Mineral mix^b	0.10	0.10
Vitamin mix^c	0.10	0.10
Choline	0.10	0.10
Calculated composition
Metabolizable energy, kcal/kg	3184	3191
Analyzed composition
Dry matter, %	88.6	88.7
Crude protein, %	22.79	19.90
Crude fat, %	5.51	5.63
Ash,%	5.59	5.06
Ca, %	0.92	0.85
Available P, %	0.40	0.29
Lysine, %	1.06	0.98
Methionine, %	0.45	0.36

^a Starter diet provided during d 1 to 21; Finisher diet provided during d 22 to 35
^bProvided per kg of complete diet: 11,025 IU vitamin A; 1103 IU vitamin D₃; 44 IU vitamin E; 4.4 mg vitamin K; 8.3 mg riboflavin; 50 mg niacin; 4 mg thiamine; 29 mg D-pantothenic; 166 mg choline; 33 μg vitamin B₁₂
^cProvided per kg of complete diet:12 mg Cu (as CuSO₄·5 H₂O); 85 mg Zn (as ZnSO₄); 8 mg Mn (as MnO₂); 0.28 mg I (as KI); 0.15 mg Se (as Na₂SeO₃·5H₂O)

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