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

Item	CON
Ingredient (%)	100.0
Corn	74.43
Soybean meal (44%)	20.29
Beef tallow	0.23
Molasses (sugar beet)	3.00
L-Lysine (78.8%)	0.05
Limestone	0.70
DCP	0.60
Salt	0.30
Choline	0.05
Mineral1)	0.15
Vitamin2)	0.15
Phytase	0.05
ME	3,300
CP	14.00
Ca	0.54
P(Total)	0.47
P(STTD)	0.24
Lys	0.73
Met	0.23
MetCys	0.47
Phe	0.69
Thr	0.48
Trp	0.15
Val	0.66

Supplied per kilogram of diet: 8,000 IU vitamin A, 1,500 IU vitamin D3, 16 mg vitamin E, 1.0 mg vitamin B1, 8.0 mg vitamin B2, 1.6 mg vitamin B6, 0.03 mg vitamin B12, 1.0 mg vitamin K3, 16 mg pantothenic acid, 30 mg niacin, 0.06 mg biotin, 0.26 mg folic acid and 4.8 mg ethoxyquin.
Supplied per kilogram of diet: 150 mg Fe as ferrous sulfate, 96 mg Cu as copper sulfate, 72 mg Zn as zinc sulfate, 46.5 mg Mn as manganese sulfate, 0.9 mg I as calcium iodate, 0.9 mg Co as cobalt sulfate and 0.3 mg Se as sodium selenite.
DCP, dicalcium phosphate; STTD, standardized total tract digestibility; Lys, lysine; Met, methionine; Cys, cysteine; Phe, phenylalanine; Thr, threonine; Trp, tryptophane; Val, valine.