Table 1.
Chemical composition of experimental diets (as fed-basis)

Item	Starter1
	Control	Palm oil	Soy oil
Ingredients (%)
Corn	50.61	48.90	48.61
Soybean meal	37.04	36.50	36.38
Corn gluten meal	4.50	6.76	7.16
Wheat bran	3.00	3.00	3.00
Soybean oil	-	-	1.30
Tallow	1.30	-	-
Palm kenel oil	-	1.30	-
Tricalcium phosphate	1.95	1.94	1.94
Limestone	0.84	0.84	0.84
Salt	0.36	0.36	0.36
DL-Methionine (98%)	0.19	0.19	0.19
L-Lysine (98%)	0.01	0.01	0.02
Mineral mix2	0.10	0.10	0.10
Vitamin mix3	0.10	0.10	0.10
Total	100.00	100.00	100.00
Chemical composition
ME (kcal/kg)	3200	3200	3200
Crude protein (%)	23.00	23.00	23.00
Ether extract (%)	3.89	3.94	3.94
Crude fibre (%)	3.18	3.28	3.30
Ash (%)	6.57	6.63	6.63
Ca (%)	1.10	1.10	1.10
Available P (%)	0.57	0.57	0.57
Lysine (%)	1.26	1.26	1.26
Methionine (%)	0.54	0.54	0.54

Starter diet provided during d 1 to 21.
Provided per kg of complete diet: 37.5 mg Zn (as ZnSO₄); 37.5 mg Mn (as MnO₂); 37.5 mg Fe (as FeSO₄․7H₂O); 3.75 mg Cu (as CuSO₄․5H₂O); 0.83 mg I (as KI); and 0.23 mg Se (as Na₂SeO₃․5H₂O).
Provided per kg of complete diet: 15,000 IU of vitamin A, 3,750 IU of vitamin D₃, 37.5 IU of vitamin E, 2.55 mg of vitamin K₃, 3 mg of thiamin, 7.5 mg of rivoflavin, 4.5 mg of vitamin B₆, 24 ug of vitamin B₁₂, 51 mg of niacin, 1.5 mg of folic acid, 0.2 mg of biotin and 13.5 mg of Ca-pantothenate.