Table-1.

Ingredients and chemical composition of basal diet used during experimental feeding.

Attributes	Pre-starter	Starter	Finisher
Ingredients (%)
Yellow maize	51.28	52.05	57.00
Soybean meal	40.21	38.43	33.03
Vegetable oil	4.56	5.6	6.38
Dicalcium phosphate	1.93	1.97	1.71
Common salt	0.35	0.35	0.35
Limestone	0.97	1.01	0.93
Maduramycine	0.05	0.05	0.05
Lipocare1	0.10	0.10	0.10
L-lysine	0.17	0.15	0.14
DL-methionine	0.15	0.15	0.07
Vitamin premix2	0.05	0.05	0.05
Mineral premix3	0.20	0.20	0.20
Total	100.02	100.01	100.01
Nutrient composition (%)
Dry matter	94.63	94.71	94.32
Crude protein	23.21	21.64	19.62
Ether extract	2.75	3.46	4.20
Crude fiber	4.98	5.03	5.01
Total ash	5.72	6.63	5.07
ME (kcal/kg)	2998.2	3075.1	3185.6

¹Lecithin treated with co-enzyme

²Provides per kg of diet: 12,500 IU vitamin A; 2500 IU vitamin D₃; 12 mg vitamin E; 1.5 mg vitamin K; 1.5 mg vitamin B₁; 5 mg; vitamin B₂; 2 mg vitamin B₆, 15 mcg vitamin B₁₂; 15 mg niacin, 10 mg pantothenic acid and 0.5 mg folic acid

³Provides per kg of diet: 50 mg iron; 10 mg copper; 80 mg zinc; 80 mg manganese; 1 mg iodine and 0.2 mg selenium. ME: Metabolizable energy