Table 1. Ingredients and chemical composition of the experimental diets

Item Ratio (%)
Ingredients
 Corn 55.80
 Soybean meal (44%) 24.40
 Wheat bran 9.00
 Soybean hull 3.00
 Molasses 3.00
 Soybean oil 2.00
 Limestone 1.10
 L-lysine (78%) 0.40
 DL-methionine (50%) 0.20
 Tricalcium phosphate 0.40
 Salt 0.40
 Vitamin-mineral premix1) 0.30
Calculated composition
 Digestible energy (kcal/kg) 3,450
 Crude protein 18.00
 Lysine 1.37
 Methionine + Cysteine 0.70
 Total phosphorus 0.50
 Calcium 0.63
The values supplied per kilogram of premix feed concentrations: vit A 5,000,000 IU; vit D3 1,000,000 IU; vit E 1,000 mg; vit B1 150 mg; vit B2 300 mg; vit B12 1,500 mg; niacin amide 1,500 mg; DL-calcium pantothenate 1,000 mg; folic acid 200 mg; vit H 10 mg; choline chloride 2,000 mg; Mn 3,800 mg; Zn 1,500 mg; Fe 4,000 mg; Cu 500 mg; I 250 mg; Co 100 mg; Mg 200 mg.