Table 1.
Ingredient and calculated composition (%) of the experimental basal diets.
| Items | Broiler | Turkey |
|---|---|---|
| Wheat | 62.53 | 50.00 |
| Barley | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| Soybean meal | 17.62 | 26.34 |
| Rapeseed meal | 10.00 | 11.77 |
| Soya oil | 0.50 | 1.03 |
| Salt | 0.22 | 0.18 |
| Limestone | 0.66 | 0.79 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 1.01 | 2.45 |
| Sodium bicarbonate | 0.10 | 0.10 |
| L-Tryptophan | 0.05 | 0.00 |
| Lysine HCl | 0.55 | 0.65 |
| DL-Methionine | 0.33 | 0.33 |
| L-Threonine | 0.23 | 0.19 |
| L-Valine | 0.19 | 0.12 |
| Trace mineral-vitamin premix1 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
| Quantum Blue 5G2 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Titanium oxide | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
| Calculated composition (% as feed) | ||
| AME, kcal/kg | 2,800 | 2,700 |
| Crude protein | 20.52 | 24.00 |
| Ca | 0.90 | 1.34 |
| Available P | 0.31 | 0.60 |
| Fat | 2.13 | 2.65 |
| Crude fiber | 3.33 | 3.58 |
| D Met + Cys | 0.92 | 1.01 |
| D Lys | 1.25 | 1.56 |
| D Trp | 0.26 | 0.25 |
| D Thr | 0.82 | 0.91 |
| D Val | 0.95 | 1.04 |
1
Vitamin/mineral premix supply per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 16,000 IU; vitamin D3, 3,000 IU; vitamin E, 25 IU; vitamin B1, 3 mg; vitamin B2, 10 mg; vitamin B6, 3 mg; vitamin B12, 15 μg; nicotinic acid, 60 mg; pantothenic acid, 14.7 mg; folic acid, 1.5 mg; biotin, 125 μg; choline chloride, 25 mg; Fe as iron sulfate, 20 mg; Cu as copper sulfate, 10 mg; Mn as manganese oxide, 100 mg; Co as cobalt oxide, 1.0 mg; Zn as zinc oxide, 82.222 mg; I as potassium iodide, 1 mg; Se as sodium selenite, 0.2 mg; and Mo as molybdenum oxide, 0.5 mg.
2
Quantum Blue 5G, AB Vista, Marlborough, UK; 5,000 FTU/g.