Table 1. Ingredient and chemical compositions of experimental diets (as-fed basis, %)
Ingredients (%) | Experimental diets |
Basal diet | TO |
Corn | 53.55 | 53.55 |
Soybean meal | 38.82 | 38.82 |
Cornstarch | 0.5 | − |
Tetradesmus sp. | − | 0.5 |
Soybean oil | 2.0 | 2.0 |
L-Arg | 0.09 | 0.09 |
L-His | 0.03 | 0.03 |
L-Ile | 0.1 | 0.1 |
L-Lys-HCl | 0.35 | 0.35 |
L-Met | 0.23 | 0.23 |
L-Cys | 0.14 | 0.14 |
L-Thr | 0.14 | 0.14 |
L-Val | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Limestone | 1.05 | 1.05 |
Dicalcium phosphate | 1.90 | 1.90 |
Salt | 0.40 | 0.40 |
Vitamin premix1 | 0.20 | 0.20 |
Mineral premix2 | 0.20 | 0.20 |
Choline chloride | 0.10 | 0.10 |
Total | 100.00 | 100.00 |
Supplies the following per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 24,000 IU; vitamin D3, 8,000 IU; vitamin E, 160 mg/kg; vitamin K3, 8 mg/kg; vitamin B1, 8 mg/kg; vitamin B2, 20 mg/kg; vitamin B6, 12 mg/kg; pantothenic acid, 40 mg/kg; folic acid, 4 mg/kg; niacin, 12 mg/kg.
Supplies the following per kilogram of diet: Fe, 120 mg/kg; Cu, 320 mg/kg; Zn, 200 mg/kg; Mn, 240 mg/kg; Co, 2 mg/kg; Se, 0.6 mg/kg; I, 2.5 mg/kg.