Table 1. Ingredients and nutrient analysis of diets fed to broiler chickens.
| Ingredients (g/kg as-fed) | Diets |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | Grower | Finisher | |
| Corn | 557.85 | 621.75 | 640.85 |
| Soybean meal | 375.0 | 320.0 | 302.0 |
| Soybean oil | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 |
| Ca%22P%18 | 17.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 |
| CaCO3 | 11.3 | 13.0 | 9.0 |
| Mineral premix | 6.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 |
| Vitamin K3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Vitamin E | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
| DL-Met | 3.3 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| L-Lys HCl | 2.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| NaCl | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| Salinomycin | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Na bicarbonate | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Multi-enzyme | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 |
| Phytase | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Nutrient analysis (% unless stated otherwise) | |||
| ME (kcal/kg) | 2,820 | 2,890 | 3,050 |
| Crude protein | 25.0 | 22.2 | 19.0 |
| Crude fiber | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Ca | 1.00 | 0.86 | 0.82 |
| Available P | 0.50 | 0.43 | 0.41 |
| Na | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 |
| Ly | 1.28 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Met | 0.58 | 0.45 | 0.38 |
| Linoleic acid | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| K | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Met+Cys | 0.93 | 0.77 | 0.72 |
| Chloride | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.14 |