Table 1. Formula and calculated nutritional values of the basal diet

Ingredients	Starter (0-3wk)	Finisher (3-5wk)
	%
Corn	53.44	61.64
Soybean meal	33.65	27.88
Corn gluten meal	4.16	4.00
Soybean oil	4.68	3.06
Limestone	1.02	1.23
Tricalcium phosphate	2.01	1.31
Salt	0.25	0.25
DL-Methionine (50%)	0.27	0.08
Lysin-HCl (98%)	0.02	0.05
Vitamin-mineral mixture1)	0.50	0.50
Total	100.0	100.0
Chemical compostion2)
ME (kcal/kg)	3,050	3,100
Crude protein (%)	22.0	20.0
Methionine (%)	0.50	0.38
Methionine+cystine (%)	0.94	0.83
Lysine (%)	1.10	1.00
Ca (%)	1.00	0.90
Available P (%)	0.50	0.35

Vitamin-mineral mixture provided following nutrients per kg of diet: vitamin A, 15,000IU; vitamin D₃, 1,500IU; vitamin E, 20.0 mg; vitamin K₃, 0.70 mg; vitamin B₁₂, 0.02 mg; niacin, 22.5 mg; thiamin, 5.0 mg; folic acid, 0.70 mg; pyridoxin, 1.3 mg; riboflavin, 5 mg; pantothenic acid, 25 mg; choline chloride, 175 mg; Mn, 60 mg; Zn, 45 mg; I, 1.25 mg; Cu, 10.0 mg; Fe, 72 mg; Co, 2.5 mg.
Calculated value.