Table 1 Basal diet composition

Ingredient %
Corn 67.23
Soybean meal 17.38
Corn gluten meal 4.24
Limestone 9.42
Calcium phosphate 0.94
Salt 0.38
L-Lysine 0.05
DL-Methionine 0.03
Vitamin premix1 0.18
Mineral premix2 0.15
Total 100
Chemical composition (calculation value)
ME (kcal/kg) 2,750
CP (%) 16
Lysine (%) 0.740
Methionine (%) 0.320
Calcium (%) 3.800
Sodium (%) 0.165
Available phosphate (%) 0.320
1 Contains per kg: vit. A, 5,500 IU; vit. D3 1, 100 ICU; vit. E, 11 mg; vit. B12, 0.0066 mg; vit. K3, 1.1 mg; riboflavin, 4.4 mg; pantothenicacid, 11 mg (calciumpantothenate: 1.96 mg); choline, 190.96 mg; folicacid, 0.55 mg; pyridoxine, 2.2 mg; biotin, 0.11 mg; thiamine, 2.2 mg; ethoxyquin, 125 mg.
2 Containsperkg: Cu, 10 mg; Fe, 60 mg; I, 0.46 mg; Mn, 120 mg; Zn, 100 mg.