Table 1. Ingredients and chemical composition of basal diets (as-fed basis)

Ingredients (%)	Starter	Grower		Finisher
	SCP	SCP	LCP (–3% CP)	SCP	LCP (–3% CP)
Corn	43.63	47.45	49.07	53.78	55.31
Soybean meal	35.08	31.28	29.65	28.18	26.63
Corn gluten meal	13.00	13.00	13.00	10.00	10.00
Wheat bran	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Soybean oil	1.76	1.74	1.74	1.51	1.51
TCP	1.81	1.81	1.85	1.81	1.86
Limestone	0.94	0.94	0.91	0.94	0.91
Salt	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.36
Methionine (99%)	0.19	0.19	0.17	0.19	0.17
Lysine	0.03	0.03	0.05	0.03	0.05
Mineral mix1)	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10
Vitamin mix2)	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10
Total	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Analyzed value
Crude protein (%)	23.00	21.50	20.86	20.00	19.40
Ca (%)	1.10	1.08	1.08	1.07	1.07
P (%)	0.83	0.82	0.82	0.79	0.79
Available P (%)	0.54	0.53	0.53	0.52	0.52
Lys (%)	1.26	1.15	1.12	1.06	1.03
Met (%)	0.54	0.52	0.50	0.50	0.48
ME (kcal/kg)	3200	3200	3200	3200	3200
Fat (%)	4.45	4.51	4.54	4.32	4.35
Fiber (%)	3.55	3.48	3.46	3.30	3.27
Ash (%)	6.76	6.57	6.49	6.30	6.24

Provided per kg of complete diet: 37.5 mg Zinc (as ZnSO₄); 37.5 mg Mn (as MnO₂); 37.5 mg Fe (as FeSO₄·7H₂O); 3.75 mg Copper (as CuSO₄·5H₂O); 0.83 mg I (as KI); and 0.23 mg Se (as Na₂SeO₃·5H₂O).
Provided per kg of complete diet: 15 000 IU of vitamin A, 37.5 IU of vitamin E, 3750 IU of vitamin D3, 2.55 mg of vitamin K3, 24 μg of vitamin B12, 51 mg of niacin, 1.5 mg of folic acid, 3 mg of thiamin, 7.5 mg of rivoflavin, 4.5 mg of vitamin B6, 0.2 mg of biotin, and 13.5 mg of calcium pantothenate.
SCP, standard crude protein; LCP, low crude protein; CP, crude protein; TCP, tricalcium phosphate; ME, metabolizable energy.