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. 2025 Aug 8;12:1611967. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2025.1611967

Table 1.

Composition of pullet diets and calculated analysis.

Ingredients % Starter ED SAD ED SAD
Grower Grower Developer Developer
Ground Corn 58.00 31.20 50.20 54.39 53.44
Soybean Meal 48% CP 25.00 0.55 8.60 2.00 8.75
Wheat Bran 11.12
Wheat Midds 54.85 30.75 26.04 22.15
DDGS 7.20 5.00 11.30 8.00
Limestone Fine 1.63 2.18 2.13 2.16 2.31
MDP 1.77 1.00 1.19 1.20 1.32
Salt (NaCl) 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25
Sodium Bicarbonate 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25
L-Lysine (50% Liquid) 0.48 0.20 0.07 0.23 0.10
DL-Methionine 0.12 0.20 0.14 0.01 0.07
L-Threonine 98.5% 0.056
Mineral Premix1 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20
Vitamin Premix2 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05
Arbocel® (cellulose) 0.8 0.8
Selenium premix3 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05
Choline Chloride 0.02
Choline 60% Dry 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02
Phytase 0.05
Poultry Fat 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 3.00
Total 100 100 100 100 100
Calculated analysis:
Crude Protein, % 19.00 13.68 14.06 13.40 14.80
Crude Fiber, % 3.30 7.05 4.99 5.64 4.98
Ca, % 1.00 1.18 1.19 1.10 1.18
P, % 0.82 0.86 0.76 0.81 0.80
Available P, % 0.50 0.55 0.50 0.40 0.42
Metabolizable energy, kcal per kg of diet 2850.58 2262.57 2581.89 2623.50 2799.87
Digestible lysine, % 1.34 0.63 0.66 0.63 0.68
Digestible methionine, % 0.42 0.42 0.38 0.23 0.31

1Mineral premix provides per kg of diet: manganese, 120 mg; zinc, 120 mg; iron, 80 mg; copper, 10 mg; iodine, 2.5 mg; and cobalt.

2Vitamin premix provides per kg of diet: 13,200 IU vitamin A, 4000 IU vitamin D3, 33 IU vitamin E, 0.02 mg vitamin B12, 0.13 mg biotin, 2 mg menadione (K3), 2 mg thiamine, 6.6 mg riboflavin, 11 mg d-pantothenic acid, 4 mg vitamin B6, 55 mg niacin, and 1.1 mg folic acid.

3Selenium premix, 1 mg Selenium premix provides 0.2 mg Se (as Na2 SeO3) per kg of diet.