Table 1.
Ingredients and chemical analysis of experimental diets fed to broilers
| Ingredients (% as-fed basis) | Experimental diets
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|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | Grower | Finisher | |
| Corn | 54.50 | 58.50 | 62.70 |
| Soybean meal (48% CP) | 37.50 | 33.50 | 29.50 |
| Fat1 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 1.60 | 1.50 | 1.50 |
| Calcium carbonate | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.10 |
| Vitamin-mineral premix2 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.60 |
| Sodium chloride | 0.23 | 0.26 | 0.25 |
| DL-methionine | 0.18 | 0.21 | 0.15 |
| Sodium bicarbonate | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.10 |
| L-lysine HCl | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.01 |
1
Each diet contained one of the following fat sources: T = 4% tallow; CO = 4% canola oil; SFO = 4% sunflower oil; TCO = 2% tallow+2% canola oil; TSFO = 2% tallow+2% sunflower oil.
2
Supplied per kilogram of diet: vitamin A 11,000 IU; vitamin E, 50 mg; vitamin D 2,200 IU; niacin 35.0 mg; D-pantothenic acid 12 mg; riboflavin 3.63 mg; pyridoxine 3.5 mg; thiamine 2.4 mg; folic acid 1.4 mg; biotin 0.15 mg; vitamin B 0.03 mg; Mn 60 mg; Zn 40 mg; Fe 1,280 mg; Cu 8 mg; I 0.3 mg; Se 0.2 mg.