Table 1. Ingredients and chemical compositions of experimental diets (as-fed basis)

Ingredients g per 100 g of Diet
Corn 60.69
Soybean meal, 47% CP 17.63
Mychonastes pushpae (MP) 0.5
Tallow 2.69
Corn gluten meal 3.42
Limestone 11.53
Monocalcium phosphate 1.82
Sodium bicarbonate 0.21
Sodium chloride 0.27
Choline chloride 0.05
Vitamin premix1 0.10
Mineral premix2 0.10
L-Lysine HCl-56% 0.20
DL-Methionine-99% 0.13
L-Threonine-99% 0.09
L-Valine-99% 0.11
Calculated chemical composition (g/100g)
Nitrogen-corrected apparent metabolizable energy (kcal/kg) 2,700
Dry matter 88.53
Crude protein 15.0
Ether extract 4.89
Ash 15.5
Calcium 4.40
Available phosphorus 0.40
Lysine 0.79
Methionine + Cysteine 0.64
Threonine 0.65
Valine 0.81
Vitamin premix provided following nutrients per kg of diet: vitamin A, 20,000 IU; vitamin D3, 4,600 IU; vitamin E, 40 mg; vitamin K3, 4 mg; vitamin B1, 3.6 mg; vitamin B2, 8 mg; vitamin B5, 5.798 mg; vitamin B12, 0.04 mg; Biotin, 0.24 mg; Calpan, 18.355 mg; Niacin, 6 mg; Folic, 0.14 mg.
Mineral premix provided following nutrients per kg of diet; Fe, 70 mg; Mn, 7.5 mg; Zn, 60 mg; Cu, 7.5 mg; I, 1 mg; Co, 0.13 mg; Se, 0.20 mg.