Table 1. Ingredients and chemical composition of the base diet (%, as-fed basis)

Item Diet1)
CON POR
Ingredient composition
 Corn 60.29 58.63
 Sunflower meal 17.86 18.42
 Soybean meal 13.45 13.40
 Rapeseed 4.65 4.80
 Limestone powder 1.00 1.00
 Calcium phosphate 0.50 0.50
 Probiotic 0.00 1.00
 Vitamin and mineral premix2) 1.50 1.50
 NaCl 0.75 0.75
 Total 100.00 100.00
Chemical composition
 Crude protein 17.86 17.85
 Crude fat 3.66 3.65
 Crude fiber 10.60 10.54
 Crude ash 7.80 7.79
 Calcium 1.21 1.23
 Total phosphorus 0.63 0.65
 Lysine 0.35 0.33
CON, basic diet; POR, basic diet+1% probiotic.
Vitamin and mineral premix provided the following per kg of diet: 20,000 IU of vitamin A; 4,000 IU of vitamin D3; 80 IU of vitamin E; 16 mg of vitamin K; 2.5 mg of vitamin B1; 2.5 mg of vitamin B2; 8 mg of vitamin B6; 3.4 mg of vitamin B12; 54 mg of Ca-pantothenate; 25 mg of Cu; 36 mg of Zn; 58 mg of Mn; 0.5 mg of I; 0.3 mg of Co; 0.4 mg of Se.