Table 1.
Ingredients and constituents of Japanese quails base diet.
| Ingredients | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Maize | 56.15 |
| Soybean meal | 30 |
| Fish meal | 3 |
| Soybean oil | 2.95 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 1 |
| Sodium chloride | 0.30 |
| Oyster shell | 5.80 |
| Methionine | 0.25 |
| Lysine | 0.05 |
| Vitamin premix 1 | 0.25 |
| Mineral premix 2 | 0.25 |
| Constituents | |
| ME(Kcal kg -1 ) | 2900 |
| Crude Protein | 20.04 |
| Calcium | 2.50 |
| Phosphorus available | 0.40 |
| Lysine | 1.14 |
| Methionine | 0.59 |
| Methionine+ Cysteine | 0.90 |
1
Vitamin premix contained (per kilogram of diet): vitamin A, 8,800 IU; vitamin D3, 2,000 IU; vitamin E, 11 IU; vitamin K3, 2.20 mg; vitamin B12, 0.015 mg; vitamin B1, 1.40 mg; vitamin B2, 4 mg; vitamin B6, 3 mg; folic acid, 1 mg; choline, 1,000 mg; nicotinic acid, 30 mg and pantothenic acid, 10 mg.
2
Mineral premix contained (per kilogram of diet): manganese, 99.20 mg; zinc, 84.70 mg; iron, 50 mg; copper, 10 mg; iodine, 1 mg; and selenium, 0.20 mg.