Table 1 Composition of basal diets (as-fed basis)

Ingredients (%) Starter (1∼3 week) Grower(3∼5 week)
Corn 44.05 56.45
Wheat 5.9 -
Wheat bran 8.15 5.95
Soybean meal, 44% 36.0 30.6
Vegetable oil 1.6 2.8
Limestone 1.5 1.5
Monocalcium phosphate 1.7 1.6
Salt 0.3 0.3
Vitamin and mineral premix1 0.3 0.3
DL-Methionine 0.2 0.2
Chromium oxide 0.3 0.3
Calculated value2 Metabolizable energy (kcal/kg) 3,100 3,200
Crude protein (%) 23 20
Calcium (%) 1.1 1.1
Available phosphate (%) 0.45 0.41
Lysine (%) 1.3 1.1
Methionine (%) 0.5 0.5
Cystein (%) 0.3 0.3
1 Vitamin and mineral premix provided the following nutrients (per kg of air-dry diet): Vitamins: A 12,000 IU, D 33,000 IU, E 15 mg, K 2 mg, thiamine 2 mg, riboflavin 6 mg, pyridoxine 2 mg, calcium pantothenate 0.03 mg, folic acid 0.2 mg, niacin 45 mg, biotin 0.15 µg. Minerals: calcium 0.5%, Co 0.5 mg (as cobalt sulphate), Cu 10 mg (as copper sulphate), iodine 0.9 mg (as potassium iodine), iron 80 mg (as ferrous sulphate), Mn 80 mg (as manganous oxide), Se 0.2 mg (as sodium selenite), Zn 80 mg (as zinc oxide).2 The values are calculated according to the values of feedstuffs in NRC (1994).