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.