Table 1. Composition and nutrient content of experimental diets (as-fed basis)

Parameters Starter diet (0 to 21 days) Grower diet (22 to 35 days)
Ingredients, (%)
    Corn, US No. 3 51.92 54.67
    Soybean meal-44% CP 28.10 23.00
    Wheat meal 5.00 10.00
    Corn gluten 3.84 2.01
    Fish meal 4.00 3.50
    Tallow 3.50 3.50
    Dicalcium phosphate 1.86 1.59
    Limestone 1.00 1.00
    Sodium chloride 0.22 0.25
    Choline-50% 0.06 0.04
    Methionine-99% 0.11 0.11
    Lysine-78% 0.14 0.11
    Vitamin and mineral premix1 0.24 0.22
    Total 100.00 100.00
    Nutrient content
    MEn (kcal/kg) 3,100 3,150
    CP (%) 22.00 19.00
    Ca (%) 1.00 0.92
    Available p (%) 0.51 0.45
    Met + Cys (%) 0.87 0.75
Provided per kilogram of the complete diet: vitamin A (from vitamin acetate), 12,500 IU; vitamin D3, 2,500 IU; vitamin E (from DL-α-tocopheryl acetate), 20 IU; vitamin K3, 2 mg; vitamin B1, 2 mg; vitamin B2, 5 mg; vitamin B6, 3 mg; vitamin B12, 18 μg; calcium pantothenate, 8 mg; folic acid, 1 mg; biotin, 50 μg; niacin, 24 mg; Fe (as FeSO4·7H2O), 40 mg; Cu (as CuSO4·H2O), 8 mg; Zn (as ZnSO4H2O), 60 mg; Mn (as MnSO4H2O) 90 mg; Mg (MgO) as 1,500 mg.