Table 1.
Formulation and proximate analysis of control diet.
| Ingredients (%) | Starter: Control 1–21 Days |
Grower: Control 21–42 Days |
|---|---|---|
| Maize | 54.00 | 59.49 |
| Soy-meal 48% | 36.93 | 31.02 |
| Soybean oil | 4.91 | 5.73 |
| Monocalcium phosphate | 1.42 | 1.30 |
| Calcium carbonate | 1.23 | 1.13 |
| Sodium chloride | 0.19 | 0.21 |
| Sodium bicarbonate | 0.27 | 0.24 |
| DL-methionine | 0.30 | 0.26 |
| L-Lysine HCl | 0.23 | 0.18 |
| Noxyfeed | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Premix 1 | 0.49 | 0.44 |
| Calculated content (%) | ||
| Metabolizable energy (Kcal/kg) | 3050 | 3150 |
| Crude protein | 22.0 | 19.5 |
| Ether extract | 7.01 | 7.92 |
| Crude fibre | 2.36 | 2.25 |
| Lysine | 1.38 | 1.18 |
| Methionine + cysteine | 0.91 | 0.87 |
| Threonine | 0.81 | 0.70 |
| Tryptophan | 0.21 | 0.18 |
| Calcium | 0.90 | 0.82 |
| Inorganic phosphorus | 0.64 | 0.59 |
| Sodium | 0.16 | 0.16 |
1 Vitamin-mineral premix provided following nutrients per kg of diet: vitamin A, 13,500 IU; vitamin D3, 4, 800 IU: vitamin E, 67 IU; vitamin B1: 3 mg; vitamin B2, 9 mg; vitamin B6, 4.5 mg; vitamin B12, 16.5 µg; vitamin K3, 3 mg; calcium pantothenate, 16.5 mg; nicotinic acid, 51 mg; folic acid 1.8 mg, biotin: 30 µg; Fe, 54 mg; I, 1.2 mg; Co, 0.6 mg; Cu, 12 mg; Mn, 90 mg; Zn, 66 mg; Se, 0.18 mg; Mo, 1.2 mg.