Table 1. Ingredient and analyzed chemical composition of the basal diet

Ingredients	Days 1 to 21	Days 21 to 30
Yellow corn	51.90	57.96
Soybean meal	34.34	30.71
Canola meal	2.00	1.00
Soy oil	4.42	4.00
Rice bran	3.00	2.25
Limestone	1.40	1.53
Mono-di-calcium phosphate	1.56	1.20
Salt	0.28	0.25
Choline HCl	0.10	0.10
Lysine HCl	0.29	0.30
DL-Methionine	0.36	0.36
Threonine	0.10	0.09
Mineral premix1	0.10	0.10
Vitamine premix2	0.10	0.10
Phytase3	0.05	0.05
Total	100	100
Chemical analysis (%)
Dry matter	88.20	87.63
Crude protein	21.00	21.00
Ether extract	7.10	6.70
Crude fiber	3.26	3.03
Ash	6.57	6.03
Ca	0.87	0.85
Available P	0.44	0.40
TMEn (kcal/kg)4	3,000	3,050

Mineral mixture provided following nutrients per kg of diet: Fe, 70 mg; Zn, 60 mg; Mn, 8 mg; Cu, 7.5 mg; I, 1 mg; Se, 0.2 mg; Co, 0.13 mg.
Vitamin mixture provided following nutrients per kg of diet: vitamin A, 10,000 IU; vitamin D₃, 2,300 IU; vitamin E, 20 IU; vitamin K₃, 2 mg; vitamin B₁, 2 mg; vitamin B₂, 5 mg; vitamin B₆, 3.5 mg; vitamin B₁₂, 0.02 mg; biotin, 0.12 mg; niacin, 30 mg; pantothenic acid, 10 mg; folic acid, 0.7 mg.
Phytase: phytase 1000G.
TMEn: nitrogen-corrected true metabolizable energy.