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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 13.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Poult Sci. 2014;13(2):62–69. doi: 10.3923/ijps.2014.62.69

Table 1.

Starter diet fed to chicks 0–18 days of age

Ingredients Amount Inclusion (%)
Corn 62.92
SBM 32.20
Defl. Phosophorous 1.53
Meat and bone meal 1.35
SB oil 0.50
Limestone 0.50
Methionine 0.26
NB30001 0.25
Salt 0.24
Lysine 0.20
Coban2 0.08
Threonine 0.04
BMD3 0.05
PFA4 0.05

Calculated values
Crude protein (%) 21.54
Crude fat (%) 3.04
Calcium (%) 0.91
Phosphorous(%) 0.72
1
Supplied/kg of diet: Manganese, 0.02%
Zinc, 0.02% Iron, 0.01%
Copper, 0.0025% Iodine, 0.0003%
Selenium, 0.00003% Folic acid, 0.69 mg
Choline 386 mg Riboflavin, 6.61 mg
Biotin 0.03 mg Vitamin B6 1.38 mg
Niacin, 27.56 Pantothenic acid, 6.61 mg
Thiamine,2.20 mg Manadione, 0.83 mg
Vitamin B12 0.01 mg Vitamin E, 16.53 IU
Vitamin D3, 2133 IU Vitamin A 7716 IU
2

Active drug ingredient Monensin Sodium 60 gpb (90 gfton inclusion)-Elanco Animal Health, Indianapolis, IN. Aids in the prevention of coccidiosis caused by Eimeria sp

3

Bacitracin Methylene Disalicylate used as the antibiotic in Treatment 3

4

Phytogenic feed additive used in Treatment 4