Table 2.

Experimental diets for the finisher phase (% as-fed basis)

	T1	T2	T3	T4
Ingredient
Sorghum, grain	67.6	66.6	65.6	64.6
Soybean meal	26	26.2	26.4	26.6
Vegetable oil	2.1	2.9	3.7	4.5
Premixa	4	4	4	4
Pigment	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Total	100	100	100	100
Calculated analysis
AME (kcal/kg)	3040	3080	3120	3160
CP (%)	18.7	18.7	18.7	18.7
Lysine (%)	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Methionine (%)	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Ca (%)	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9
P (%)	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7

^aConcentrated premix for finisher phase broiler chickens. Contained: calcium mono-ortho phosphate, calcium carbonate, salt, growth promoter (BMD and 3-nitro), coccidiostat (sodium monensin), mineral oil, ethoxyquin, vitamin A acetate, vitamin D₃, vitamin E acetate, vitamin K3, riboflavin (B2), vitamin B₁₂, niacin, calcium d-pantotenate, choline chloride, BHT. Premix calculated to contain: calcium, 19.80%; total phosphorus, 7.30%; sodium, 3.70%; l-lysine hydrochloride, 4.33%; dl-methionine, 5.15%