Table 1 Ingredients and chemical composition of basal diet

Item	Starter (%)	Finisher (%)
Ingredient (%)
Corn	55.505	61.715
Soybean meal	41	35
Limestone	1	1.1
Di-calcium phosphate	1.75	1.5
Common salt	0.3	0.3
DL-Methionine	0.11	0.02
Minerals premix1)	0.1	0.1
Vitamin premix2)	0.15	0.15
B complex3)	0.015	0.015
Choline chloride	0.05	0.05
Calculated composition
Metabolizable energy (MJ/kg)	12.52	12.84
Analyzed composition (%)
Crude protein	21.50	19.50
Calcium	1.04	0.99
Ether extract	3.79	3.58
Available phosphorus	0.45	0.40
Lysine	1.29	1.14
Methionine	0.52	0.43

Minerals premix supplied mg/kg diet: Mn (as MnO₂₎), 300; I (as KI), 0.29 mg; Zn (as ZnSO₄₎), 84 mg; Cu (as CuSO_{4 )}· 5H₂₎O), 11 mg.
Vitamin premix supplied per kg diet: vitamin A, 8,250 IU; vitamin D₃₎, 1,200 IU; vitamin K, 1 mg; vitamin E, 40 IU.
B complex supplied per kg diet: vitamin B₁₎, 2 mg; vitamin B₂₎, 4 mg; vitamin B₁₂₎, 10 mg; vitamin B₃₎, 60 mg; vitamin B₅₎, 10 mg; choline, 500 mg.