Table 1 Composition (% as-fed basis) of the experimental diet
Ingredients | Amount |
Corn | 45.08 |
Wheat | 5.90 |
Wheat bran | 6.22 |
Soybean meal 48% | 36.00 |
Vegetable oil | 2.80 |
Limestone | 1.50 |
Monocalcium phosphorus | 1.70 |
Salt | 0.30 |
Vit-min premix1 | 0.30 |
DL-methionine | 0.20 |
Calculated values2 | ME (kcal/kg) | 3,200 |
CP (%) | 23 |
NDF (%) | 10.9 |
Ca (%) | 1.1 |
Avail. P (%) | 0.4 |
Lys (%) | 1.3 |
Met (%) | 0.5 |
Met+Cys (%) | 0.9 |
Thr (%) | 0.9 |
Trp (%) | 0.3 |
Val (%) | 1.1 |
1 Supplied per kilogram of total diets: Fe (FeSO4․H2O), 80 mg; Zn (ZnSO4․H2O), 80 mg; Mn (MnSO4․H2O) 80 mg; Co (CoSO4․H2O) 0.5 mg; Cu (CuSO4․H2O) 10 mg; Se (Na2SeO3) 0.2 mg; I, (Ca(IO3)․2H2O) 0.9 mg; vitamin A, 24,000 IU; vitamin D3, 6,000 IU; vitamin E, 30 IU; vitamin K, 4 mg; thiamin, 4 mg; riboflavin, 12 mg; pyridoxine, 4 mg; folacine, 2 mg; biotin, 0.03 mg; vitamin B8, 0.06 mg; niacin, 90 mg; pantothenic acid, 30 mg.2 The values were calculated according to the values of feedstuffs in NRC (1994).