Table 3.

Nutritional content of basal starter and grower diets for Ross-708 male broilers [From (23)].

Nutrient	Starter (1–16 d)	Grower (17–35 d)
	(%)
Crude protein	23.14	20.94
Calcium	0.87	0.24
Total phosphorous	0.58	0.36
Non-phytate phosphorous	0.38	0.18
Phytate phosphorous	0.24	0.22
Total methionine	0.65	0.59
Total cysteine	0.38	0.35
Total lysine	1.41	1.23
Total tryptophan	0.27	0.24
Total threonine	0.97	0.86
Total isoleucine	0.97	0.87
Total valine	1.09	0.98
Total leucine	2.15	2.00
Total arginine	1.43	1.27
Total sulfur amino acids	1.03	0.93
Total glycine	0.90	0.81
Digestible lysine	1.28	1.12
Digestible methionine	0.63	0.56
Digestible cysteine	0.32	0.29
Digestible total sulfur amino acids	0.94	0.85
Digestible threonine	0.85	0.75
Digestible tryptophan	0.23	0.21
Digestible, isoleucine	0.88	0.79
Digestible leucine	1.99	1.85
Digestible valine	0.96	0.87
Digestible arginine	1.33	1.18
Sodium	0.23	0.19
Potassium	0.88	0.781
Chloride	0.28	0.275
Metabolizable energy, kcal/kg	3,000.00	3,100.00
Dietary electrolyte balance, mEq/kg	267.53	227.10