Table 1 Basal diet composition

Ingredient %
Corn 55.40
Wheat HRW 3.29
Wheat bran 10.79
Soybean meal 19.37
Limestone 9.43
Calcium phosphate 1.12
Salt 0.30
DL-Methionine 0.10
Vitamin premix1 0.10
Mineral premix2 0.10
Total 100
Chemical composition
ME (kcal/kg) 2,750
CP (%) 16.00
Lysine (%) 0.80
Methionine (%) 0.36
Calcium (%) 4.00
Available phosphorus (%) 0.30
1 Contains per kg: vit. A, 5,500 IU; vit. D3 1,100 ICU; vit. E, 11 mg; vit. B12, 0.0066 mg; vit. 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.