Table 1.
Composition (as fed basis) and calculated nutrient content of the broiler starter diet and basal grower diet.
| Item | Starter | Grower |
|---|---|---|
| Ingredients, g/kg | ||
| Corn | 448 | 507 |
| Soybean meal | 380 | 301 |
| Wheat | 100 | 100 |
| Poultry fat | 33 | 46 |
| Limestone, ground | 16 | 18 |
| Mono-dicalcium phosphate | 9.0 | 8.0 |
| Vitamin-mineral premix1 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Celite2 | 0.0 | 8.0 |
| Iodized salt | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Methionine premix3 | 4.5 | 2.2 |
| Coban4 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Stafac 445 | 0.25 | 0.25 |
| Total | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Calculated analyses, g/kg | ||
| Metabolizable energy, MJ/kg | 12.8 | 13.2 |
| Crude protein | 230 | 200 |
| Ether extract | 53 | 67 |
| Crude fiber | 26 | 25 |
| Calcium | 10 | 9.2 |
| Available phosphorus | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| Lysine | 11.1 | 11.1 |
| Methionine + cystine | 7.5 | 7.5 |
Premix supplied the following per kilogram of diet: vitamin A 9,750 IU; vitamin D 32,000 IU; vitamin E 25 IU; vitamin K3 mg; vitamin B 27.6 mg; calcium pantothenate 13.5 mg; vitamin B1 20.0 mg; niacin 29.7 mg; folic acid 1 mg; choline chloride 800 mg; biotin 30 mg; vitamin B6 4.95 mg; thiamin 3 mg; manganous oxide 70.2 mg; zinc oxide 80 mg; copper sulfate 25 mg; selenium premix 0.1485 mg; ethoxyquin 50 mg; wheat middlings 1.543 g; ground limestone 190 mg.
Hyflo Super Cel, food chemical codex grade (Van Waters and Rogers Ltd. Richmond, BC, Canada).
Supplied per kg premix: DL-methionine, 0.5 kg; wheat middlings, 0.5 kg.
Monensin (coccidiostat) 200 g/kg (Pfizer Animal Health, London, ON, Canada).
Virginiamycin (Antibiotic) 44 g/kg (Phibro Animal Health, Regina, SK, Canada).