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

Ingredients	Starter (0-7 d)	Grower (8-21 d)	Finisher (22-35 d)
	---------- % ----------
Corn	48.25	54.39	57.48
Wheat grain	3.75	3.55	3.30
Soybean meal	39.60	33.88	31.05
Corn gluten meal	0.00	0.00	0.00
Soybean oil	4.20	4.35	4.65
L-Lysine (99.0%)	0.30	0.23	0.15
DL-Methionine (99.0%)	0.35	0.26	0.24
Threonine (98.5%)	0.00	0.00	0.00
Tricalcuium phosphate	1.75	1.49	1.25
Limstone	0.85	0.85	0.93
Salt	0.45	0.45	0.45
Vitamin-mineral mixture1)	0.50	0.55	0.50
Total	100.00	100.0	100.0
Chemical composition2)
ME (kcal/kg)	3,047.70	3,100.90	3,150.60
Dry matter (%)	84.50	84.46	84.60
Crude protein (%)	22.70	20.23	19.04
Crude fat (%)	6.63	7.00	7.37
Crude fiber (%)	3.35	3.18	3.10
Crude ash (%)	3.05	2.74	2.60
Lysine (%)	1.46	1.25	1.10
Methionine (%)	0.65	0.54	0.50
Methionine+cystine (%)	1.05	0.92	0.77
Threonine (%)	0.97	0.86	0.81
Calcium (%)	1.00	0.90	0.85
Available phosphorus (%)	0.45	0.40	0.35

Vitamin-mineral mixture provided following nutrients per kg of diet: vitamin A, 15,000 IU; vitamin D₃, 1,500 IU; 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.