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

Items	Grower phase (0−6 w)	Finisher phase (7−13 w)
Ingredients (%)	100	100
Corn	53.479	55.776
Soybean meal	15.660	13.100
Wheat (11%)	3.750	3.750
Rice bran	6.500	6.500
DDGS	11.500	11.500
Limestone	1.270	0.910
Vegetable oil	1.320	1.720
Sugar	4.590	4.870
Poultry oil	0.200	0.200
Salt	0.358	0.376
Choline chloride	0.040	0.040
Lysine sulphate	0.724	0.711
L-Methionine (99%)	0.083	0.077
Tryptophan (98%)	0.049	0.038
Threonine	0.146	0.162
MDCP	0.061	0.000
Emulsifier	0.050	0.050
Vitamin and mineral premix1)	0.220	0.220
Calculated values
Dry matter (%)	86.69	86.45
Protein (%)	15.90	14.89
Fat (%)	5.51	5.75
Fiber (%)	3.83	3.79
Ash (%)	5.19	4.41
Calcium (%)	0.72	0.46
Phosphorus (%)	0.49	0.44
Na (%)	0.20	0.20
Cl (%)	0.35	0.35
NE (kcal/kg)	2,408.70	2,446.50
Analyzed values (g/kg)
AID Arg	7.40	6.70
AID Ile	4.63	4.26
AID Leu	12.07	11.48
AID Lys	8.90	8.20
AID Met + Cys	5.25	5.00
AID Met	3.17	3.01
AID Thr	5.43	5.25
AID Trp	1.60	1.39
AID Val	5.71	5.28

Provided per kilogram of complete diet: vitamin A, 11,025 U; vitamin D₃,1,103 U; vitamin E, 44 U; vitamin K, 4.4 mg; riboflavin, 8.3 mg; niacin, 50 mg; thiamine, 4 mg; d-pantothenic, 29 mg; choline, 166 mg; and vitamin B₁₂, 33 µg; Cu (as CuSO₄ · 5H₂O), 12 mg; Zn (as ZnSO₄), 85 mg; Mn (as MnO₂), 8 mg; I (as KI), 0.28 mg; and selenium (as Na₂SeO₃ · 5H₂O), 0.15 mg.
DDGS, Distiller’s dried grains with solubles; MDCP, monodicalcium phosphate; NE, Net energy; AID, apparent ileal digestibility; Arg, arginine; Ile, Isoleucine; Leu, leucine; Lys, lysine; Met, methionine; Cys, cystine; Thr, threonine; Trp, tryptophan; Val, valine.