Table 1 Ingredients and compositions of the basic diets, % (dry matter basis)
Item | 1–14 d | 15–35 d |
|---|---|---|
Ingredients, % | ||
Corn | 62.63 | 70 |
Soybean meal | 28.3 | 23.12 |
Expanded soybean | 5 | 3 |
Calcium carbonate | 0.90 | 1 |
Dicalcium phosphate | 1.9 | 1.86 |
NaCl | 0.34 | 0.34 |
Choline chloride | 0.15 | 0.15 |
Vitamin premixa | 0.03 | 0.03 |
Mineral premixb | 0.30 | 0.30 |
DL-Methionine | 0.220 | 0.118 |
L-Lysine HCl | 0.121 | 0.065 |
L-Threonine | 0.072 | 0.017 |
L-Tryptophan | 0.037 | 0 |
Total | 100.00 | 100.00 |
Calculated nutrients, % | ||
Metabolizable energy, MJ/kg | 12.32 | 12.35 |
Crude protein, % | 20.06 | 17.52 |
Calcium, % | 0.91 | 0.917 |
Non-phytate phosphorus, % | 0.429 | 0.418 |
Digestible lysine, % | 1.02 | 0.82 |
Digestible methionine, % | 0.50 | 0.37 |
Zn, mg/kg | 28.39 | 26.72 |