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. 2019 Jun 3;13(12):2932–2938. doi: 10.1017/S1751731119001216

Table 2.

Minimum levels of vitamins provided by the control vitamin supplement and OVN supplement for broilers

Vitamin Unit Pre-starter Starter Grower Finisher
Control vitamin supplement
  Vitamin A IU/ton feed 8 000 000 7 000000 6 000 000 5 000 000
  Vitamin D3 IU/ton feed 2 400 000 2 200 000 2 000 000 1 000 000
  Vitamin E IU/ton feed 12 000 11 000 10 000 8000
  Vitamin K3 mg/ton feed 2000 1600 1600 1600
  Vitamin B1 mg/ton feed 2400 2000 1400 0
  Vitamin B2 mg/ton feed 6000 5000 4000 2000
  Vitamin B6 mg/ton feed 4000 3000 2000 0
  Vitamin B12 mg/ton feed 14 12 10 5
  Folic acid mg/ton feed 1000 800 600 0
  Niacin mg/ton feed 40 000 35 000 30 000 20 000
  Pantothenic acid mg/ton feed 15 000 13 000 11 000 9000
  Choline g/ton feed 346 328 242 128
OVN supplement
  Vitamin A IU/ton feed 13 000 000 11 250 000 11 250 000 11 250 000
  Vitamin D3 IU/ton feed 4 000 000 4 000 000 4 000 000 4 000 000
  Vitamin E IU/ton feed 225 000 75 000 75 000 75 000
  Vitamin K3 mg/ton feed 3500 3500 3500 3500
  Vitamin B1 mg/ton feed 3500 2500 2500 2500
  Vitamin B2 mg/ton feed 9000 8000 7000 7000
  Vitamin B6 mg/ton feed 5000 5000 5000 5000
  Vitamin B12 mg/ton feed 30 25 25 25
  Folic acid mg/ton feed 2250 2250 2250 2250
  Niacin mg/ton feed 70 000 70 000 65 000 65 000
  Pantothenic acid mg/ton feed 17 500 15 000 12 500 12 500
  Choline g/ton feed 550 550 575 575
  Vitamin C mg/ton feed 150 000 150 000 150 000 150 000
  HyD3 mg/ton feed 69 69 69 69
  Biotin mg/ton feed 300 250 250 250

OVN = optimum vitamin nutrition; HyD = hydroxy vitamin D.

The levels of vitamins in premix are values provided by producer.