Table 1. Ingredients and chemical composition of layers’ diets

Ingredients	Diet A	Diet B
Yellow corn	54.24	56.39
Wheat	5.00	5.00
Soybean meal	22.4	19.93
Corn gluten meal	1.2	1.0
Dried distiller’s grains with solubles	4.5	5.0
Bended fat	1.3	1.0
Molasses	0.5	0.5
Methionine (99%)	0.22	0.2
Lysine (78%)	0.07	0.1
Limestone, 2 mm	9.1	9.55
Tricalcium phosphate	0.94	0.80
Salt	0.2	0.2
Vitamin mineral premix	0.10	0.10
Supplements	0.1	0.1
Choline chloride (50%)	0.08	0.08
Phytase	0.05	0.05
Nutrients % (calculated)
AMEn (kcal/kg)	2,790	2,780
Crude protein	17.00	16.00
Ether extracts	4.1	4.0
Crude fiber	3.0	3.0
Crude ash	13.3	13.2
Ca	4.1	4.0
Available phosphorus	0.41	0.38
Total lysine	0.84	0.81
Total methionine	0.42	0.39
Total sulfur amino acids	0.76	0.73