Table 1. Composition of experimental diets for finishing pigs (as-fed basis)

Item	Basal diet
Ingredient (%)
Corn	81.42
Soybean meal, 44%	14.90
Limestone	1.30
Monocalcium phosphate	1.00
Iodized salt	0.30
Vit-min premix1)	0.30
L-lysine HCl	0.44
DL-methionine	0.10
L-threonine	0.17
L-tryptophan	0.03
L-valine	0.04
Total	100.00
Calculated energy and nutrient contents
Metabolizable energy (Mcal/kg)	3.34
Crude protein (%)	14.0
Calcium (%)	0.69
Phosphorus (%)	0.53
Lysine (%)	0.97
Methionine (%)	0.33

Provided per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 12,000 IU; vitamin D₃, 2,500 IU; vitamin E, 30 IU; vitamin K₃, 3 mg; D-pantothenic acid, 15 mg; nicotinic acid, 40 mg; choline, 400 mg; and vitamin B₁₂, 12 μg; Fe, 90 mg; Cu, 8.8 mg from copper sulfate; Zn, 100 mg from zinc oxide; Mn, 54 mg from manganese oxide; I, 0.35 mg from potassium iodide; Se, 0.3 mg from sodium selenite.