Table 1. Ingredients and calculated nutrient composition of the experimental diets1

Items Dietary treatments2
CON CSL 0.5 CSL 3.0
Ingredients
Corn 53.85 53.75 53.45
Dried corn steep liquor 0.00 0.50 3.00
Wheat bran 7.44 7.48 7.48
Soybean meal (45%) 26.82 26.38 24.05
Vegetable oil 1.00 1.00 1.00
Limestone 9.60 9.60 9.60
Mono-calcium phosphate 0.68 0.68 0.75
Salt 0.30 0.30 0.30
Lysine-HCl 0.00 0.01 0.07
L-Threonine 0.01 0.00 0.00
Vitamin-mineral premix3 0.30 0.30 0.30
Calculated nutrient composition (%)
ME (kcal/kg) 2,700 2,700 2,700
Crude protein 17.50 17.50 17.50
Calcium 4.00 4.00 4.00
Total phosphorus 0.58 0.58 0.58
SID lysine 0.82 0.82 0.82
SID methionine 0.24 0.24 0.24
SID threonine 0.57 0.57 0.57
ME, metabolizable energy; SID, standardized ileal digestible.
CON: Basal diet meets the recommended nutritional requirements for Hy-Line Brown; CSL 0.5: CON + 5 g/kg CSL; CSL 3.0: CON + 30 g/kg CSL.
Provided per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 12,000 IU; vitamin D3, 2,500 IU; vitamin E, 30 IU; vitamin K3, 3 mg; D-pantothenic acid, 15 mg; nicotinic acid, 40 mg; choline, 400 mg; and vitamin B12, 12 μg; Fe, 90 mg from iron sulphate; Cu, 8.8 mg from copper sulphate; Zn, 100 mg from zinc oxide; Mn, 54 mg from manganese oxide; I, 0.35 mg from potassium iodide; Se, 0.30 mg from sodium selenite.