Table 1 Composition (g/kg) and nutritional value of diets^a.

Ingredients	Content (%)^b
Ingredients	17.00	20.00
Corn	66.50	63.70
Soybean meal	18.80	19.80
Dried whey	4.30	4.30
fish meal	4.00	9.00
Soybean oil	2.60	0.80
L-lysine	0.62	0.38
DL-methionine	0.19	0.10
L-threonine	0.21	0.09
DL-tryptophan	0.04	0.01
Calcium hydrophosphate	0.74	0.00
Limestone	0.70	0.52
Salt	0.30	0.30
1% premix compound^c	1.00	1.00
Total	100.00	100.00
Calculated nutrient content
DE (MJ/kg)	14.60	14.60
CP	17.00	20.00
Total Ca	0.71	0.69
Total P	0.55	0.57
Lys	1.23	1.23
Met + Cys	0.68	0.68
Thr	0.73	0.73
Trp	0.20	0.20
Arg	0.91	1.09
His	0.40	0.46
Ile	0.60	0.70
Leu	1.32	1.49
Phe	0.69	0.80
Val	0.65	0.77
EAA/NEAA	0.80	0.70
Recommendation rate of NRC (2012)	0.80	0.80

^aDiets contain 17%, and 20% CP, respectively, with appropriate crystalline AA supplementation.
^bThe values are expressed as percentage (%), except for DE (MJ/kg), EAA/NEAA, and recommendation rate of NRC(2012).
^cPremix provided these amounts of vitamins and minerals per kilogram on an as-fed basis: vitamin A, 10 800 IU; vitamin D3, 4000 IU; vitamin E, 40 IU; vitamin K3, 4 mg; vitamin B1, 6 mg; vitamin B2, 12 mg; vitamin B6, 6 mg; vitamin B12, 0.05 mg; biotin, 0.2 mg; folic acid, 2 mg; niacin, 50 mg; D-calcium pantothenate, 25 mg; Fe, 100 mg as ferrous sulfate; Cu, 150 mg as copper sulphate; Mn, 40 mg as manganese oxide; Zn, 100 mg as zinc oxide; I, 0.5 mg as potassium iodide; and Se, 0.3 mg as sodium selenite.

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