Table 1.
Composition of basal diet (% as fed)
| Items | Content (%) |
|---|---|
| Ingredients | |
| Wheat | 25.0 |
| Corn starch | 50.62 |
| Isolated soybean protein | 20.00 |
| NaCl | 0.30 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 2.0 |
| Limestone | 0.8 |
| Premix1 | 1.0 |
| DL-methionine | 0.28 |
| Calculated composition | |
| Metabolizable energy (kcal/kg)2 | 3.07 |
| Crude protein | 20.0 |
| Pyridoxine (mg/kg) | 1.93 |
| Calcium | 0.83 |
| Nonphytate phosphorus | 0.41 |
| Methionine | 0.50 |
| Methionine+cystine | 0.77 |
| Lysine | 1.17 |
| Trptophan | 0.24 |
| Arginine | 1.44 |
| Ileucine | 0.84 |
| Threonine | 0.77 |
| Valine | 0.99 |
1
Supplied per kilogram of total diet: Cu (CuSO4·5H2O), 8 mg; Fe (FeSO4·7H2O), 60 mg; Zn (ZnO), 60 mg; Mn (MnSO4·H2O), 100 mg; Se (NaSeO3), 0.3 mg; I (KI), 0.4 mg; Mg(MgO), 200 mg; K(K2CO3), 1,500; choline chloride, 1,000 mg; vitamin A (retinyl acetate), 4,000 IU; vitamin D3 (Cholcalciferol), 2,000 IU; vitamin E (DL-α-tocopheryl acetate), 20 IU; vitamin K3 (menadione sodium bisulfate), 2 mg; thiamin (thiamin mononitrate), 2 mg; riboflavin, 10 mg; cobalamin, 0.02 mg; calcium-D-pantothenate, 20 mg; nicotinic acid, 50 mg; folic acid, 1 mg; and biotin, 0.20 mg.
2
The value was calculated according to the apparent metabolizable energy of chickens.