Table 1.
Ingredients and nutrient contents of the basal diet of Japanese quail.
| Ingredients | (g/kg) |
|---|---|
| Yellow corn | 602 |
| Soybean meal (44%) | 250 |
| Oil | 15 |
| Corn gluten meal, 60% | 57 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 13 |
| Limestone | 55 |
| Nacl | 3 |
| L-lysine | 2 |
| DL-methionine | 0 |
| Premix * | 3 |
| Composition (g/kg) | |
| Protein | 199 |
| ME (Kcal/kg) | 2918 |
| Ca | 25 |
| P available | 3.50 |
| Methionine | 3.50 |
| Lysine | 10.9 |
| Methionine + cysteine | 7.10 |
* Provides per kg of diet: vitamin A, 12,000 I.U; vitamin D3, 5000 I.U; vitamin E, 130.0 mg; vitamin K3, 3.605 mg; vitamin B1 (thiamin), 3.0 mg; vitamin B2 (riboflavin), 8.0 mg; vitamin B6, 4.950 mg; vitamin B12, 17.0 mg; niacin, 60.0 mg; D-biotin, 200.0 mg; calcium D-pantothenate, 18.333 mg; folic acid, 2.083 mg; manganese, 100.0 mg; iron, 80.0 mg; zinc, 80.0 mg; copper, 8.0 mg; iodine, 2.0 mg; cobalt, 500.0 mg; and selenium, 150.0 mg.