Table 2 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 100.00
Chemical composition ME (kcal/kg) 2,800
CP (%) 16.00
Lysine (%) 0.74
Methionine (%) 0.32
Calcium (%) 3.80
Sodium (%) 0.17
Available phosphate (%) 0.32
1 Contains per kg: vitamin A, 5,500 IU; vitamin D3 1,100 ICU; vitamin E, 11 mg; vitamin B12, 0.0066 mg; vitamin K3, 1.1 mg; riboflavin, 4.4 mg; pantothenic acid, 11 mg (calcium pantothenate: 1.96 mg); choline, 190.96 mg; folic acid, 0.55 mg; pyridoxine, 2.2 mg; biotin, 0.11 mg; thiamine, 2.2 mg; ethoxyquin, 125 mg.
2 Contains per kg; Cu, 10 mg; Fe, 60 mg; I, 0.46 mg; Mn, 120 mg; Zn, 100 mg.