Table 1. Diet composition and nutritional value of the feed used for animal trial.
| Feeding phase | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ingredients (%) | Starter (1–21 days) | Grower (21–42 days) |
| Corn | 22 | 31.6 |
| Wheat | 19.5 | 15 |
| Soybean meal | 31.5 | 25 |
| Wheat middlings | 13 | 15 |
| Corn gluten | 10 | 10 |
| Soybean oil | 1.32 | 1.1 |
| Calcium Carbonate | 1.2 | 1 |
| Dicalcium Phosphate | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| NaCl | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Sodium bicarbonate | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Vitamin-mineral premix 1 1 | 0.3 | - |
| Vitamin-mineral premix 2 2 | - | 0.3 |
| Phytase | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Coccidiostat | 0.1 | 0 |
| Color additives | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Methionine | 0.08 | - |
| Calculated nutritional value of the diet (%) | ||
| Protein | 24.00 | 21.00 |
| Lipid | 4.50 | 4.50 |
| Crude fiber | 4.50 | 4.00 |
| Ash | 7.00 | 6.00 |
| Lysine, % | 1.10 | 1,00 |
| Methionine, % | 0.35 | 0.30 |
| Calcium, % | 1.30 | 1.10 |
| Available P, % | 0.70 | 0.60 |
| Sodium, % | 0.15 | 0.20 |
1Supplied per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 12,000 IU; vitamin D3, 3,600 IU; vitamin E, 50.1 mg; vitamin B1, 3 mg; vitamin B12, 0.04 mg; vitamin B2, 6 mg; vitamin B6, 3.99 mg; CuSO4 5H2O (Cu, 10mg), 38.26mg; Ca(IO3)2 (I, 1.50mg), 2.31mg; FeCO3 (Fe, 45mg), 93.15mg; MnO (Mn, 36mg), 46.44mg; MnSO4 (Mn, 35mg),110.88mg; Na2SeO3 (Se, 0mg), 0.43mg; ZnO (Zn, 51mg), 63.24mg.
2Supplied per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 10,000 IU; vitamin D3, 3,000 IU; vitamin E, 41.68 mg; vitamin B1, 2.90 mg; vitamin B12, 0.03 mg; vitamin B2, 5 mg; vitamin B6, 3.33 mg; CuSO4 5H2O (Cu, 8mg), 32.72mg; Ca(IO3)2 (I, 1.25mg), 1.93mg; Fe2O3 (Fe, 560mg), 800.8mg; FeCO3 (Fe, 38mg), 77.63mg; MnO (Mn, 30mg), 38.70mg; MnSO4 (Mn, 30mg), 92.40mg; Na2SeO3 (Se, 0mg), 0.36mg; ZnO (Zn, 43mg), 52.7mg.