Table 1.
Composition and nutrient level of basal diet for laying hens.
| Items | Content (%) |
|---|---|
| Ingredients | |
| Corn | 65.00 |
| Soybean meal | 22.00 |
| Limestone | 8.00 |
| Premix 1 | 5.00 |
| Total | 100.00 |
| Nutrient levels | |
| Metabolizable energy (Mcal/kg) | 2.62 |
| Crude protein | 14.80 |
| Lysine | 0.75 |
| Methionine | 0.32 |
| Methionine + cysteine | 0.56 |
| Threonine | 0.57 |
| Isoleucine | 0.60 |
| Calcium | 3.87 |
| Total phosphorus | 0.50 |
| Available phosphorus | 0.26 |
1 5% laying hen premix is 5% per kilogram of diet. Formula: vitamin A, 10,800 IU; vitamin D3, 2700 IU; vitamin E, 27 mg; vitamin K, 0.84 mg; vitamin B1, 0.72 mg; vitamin B2, 5.4 mg; vitamin B3, 9 mg; vitamin B5, 36 mg; vitamin B6, 2.7 mg; vitamin B11, 0.24 mg; vitamin B12, 0.009 mg; Biotin, 0.09 mg; Cu, 8 mg; Fe, 100 mg; Mn, 100 mg; Zn, 100 mg; Se, 0.3 mg.