Table 1. Composition and nutrient content of the basal diet

Ingredients	Contents (g/kg)
Corn	60.6
Soybean meal	23.7
Corn gluten meal	2.69
Beef tallow	1.20
Limestone	9.33
MDCP	1.88
Choline chloride	0.08
Salt	0.29
Mineral premix1)	0.22
Vitamin premix2)	0.05
Total	100
Calculated chemical composition
Metabolic energy (kcal/kg)	2,800
Crude protein (%)	17.0
Total lysine (%)	0.820
Total methionine (%)	0.360
Calcium (%)	4.00
Available phosphorus (%)	0.360

Minerals supplemented per kilogram of diet: Fe, 60 mg; Cu, 10 mg; Zn, 80 mg; Mn, 110 mg; Iodine, 0.48 mg; Se, 0.40 mg.
Vitamins supplement per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 10,000 IU; vitamin D, 2,000 IU; vitamin E, 30 IU; vitamin B₁, 3 mg; vitamin B₂, 7 mg; vitamin B₆, 0.15 mg; vitamin B₁₂, 0.025 mg; vitamin K₃, 3 mg; niacin, 50 mg; vitamin C, 200 mg; pantothenic acid, 12 mg; choline, 500 mg; biotin, 0.15 mg; folic acid, 1.5 mg.