Table 1.
Composition of basal diets
| Ingredient, % | Starter (0 to14 d) |
Grower (15 to 28 d) |
Finisher (29 to 42 d) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corn | 59.36 | 64.22 | 66.48 |
| Soybean meal | 32.85 | 27.70 | 25.25 |
| MBM, 50% | 2.50 | 2.50 | 2.50 |
| Poultry oil | 2.01 | 2.65 | 3.14 |
| Sodium chloride | 0.38 | 0.31 | 0.31 |
| Sodium bicarbonate | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Limestone | 0.80 | 0.74 | 0.70 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 1.13 | 1.00 | 0.85 |
| Vitamin premix1 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 |
| Mineral premix2 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 |
| Choline chloride | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 |
| Selenium premix 0.06% | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Santoquin | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| L-Lys HCl | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.10 |
| DL-Met | 0.30 | 0.24 | 0.21 |
| L-Thr | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.05 |
| Copper chloride | 0.02 | 0.02 | . |
| Xylanase | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Phytase | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
1Premix supplied 3,181.5 IU vitamin A; 2,272.7 IU vitamin D3; 22.73 vitamin E; 0.005 mg vitamin B12; 0.62 mg menadione; 2.73 mg riboflavin; 4.09 mg d-panthothenic acid; 15.91 mg niacin; 0.36 mg folic acid; 1.14 mg pyridoxine; 0.64 mg thiamine; and 0.034 mg biotin per kg of diet.
2Premix supplied 55-mg Ca, 100-mg Mn, 27-mg Mg, 100-mg Zn, 50-mg Fe, 10-mg Cu, and 1-mg I per kg of diet.