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. 2020 Oct 1;12(10):636. doi: 10.3390/toxins12100636

Table 9.

Feed formulation and nutritional composition of basal diets for starter (day 0 to 21), grower (day 21 to 35) and finisher (day 35 to 42) phases, as-fed basis.

Item Starter Grower Finisher
Ingredient, %
Corn, yellow 43.98 48.31 49.40
Distillers dried grains with solubles 25.00 25.00 25.00
Soybean meal dehulled, solvent 22.47 17.75 16.21
Fat, vegetable 4.34 5.04 5.79
Dicalcium phosphate 1.99 2.03 1.92
Calcium carbonate 1.06 0.83 0.80
L-Lysine 0.39 0.38 0.31
Methionine-MHA 0.29 0.23 0.20
Salt (as NaCl) 0.25 0.25 0.25
L-Threonine 98.5 0.08 0.06 0.00
Trace mineral 1 0.08 0.08 0.08
Vitamin premix 2 0.07 0.05 0.05
Calculated Nutrient analysis
Dry matter (%) 88.54 88.53 88.57
Protein, crude (%) 22.0 20.0 19.2
Fat, crude (%) 7.24 8.04 8.80
Metabolizable energy (kcal/kg) 3035 3120 3180
Calcium (%) 0.9 0.8 0.76
Phosphorus, total (%) 0.83 0.82 0.79
Phosphorus, available (%) 0.40 0.40 0.38
Lysine (%) 1.33 1.19 1.09
Methionine (%) 0.63 0.55 0.51
Tryptophan (%) 0.24 0.21 0.20

1 Trace mineral mix provided the following (per kg of diet): manganese (MnSO4•H2O), 60 mg; iron (FeSO4•7H2O), 30 mg; zinc (ZnO), 50 mg; copper (CuSO4•5H2O), 5 mg; iodine (ethylene diamine dihydroiodide), 0.15 mg; selenium (NaSe03), 0.3 mg. 2 Vitamin premix: vitamin mix provided the following (per kg of diet): vitamin A, 8818 IU; vitamin D3, 2480 IU; 25-hydroxyvitamin D3, 69 µg; vitamin E, 35 IU; vitamin B12 (cobalamin),15.5 µg; biotin, 0.17 mg; menadione, 1.98 mg; thiamine, 1.87 mg; riboflavin, 7.7 mg; d-Panthothenic acid, 13.23 mg; vitamin B6, 3.3 mg; niacin, 44.1 mg; folic acid, 1.1 mg.