Table 1.

Feed formulation used in the three feeding phases

Ingredient, %	Starter	Grower	Finisher
Wheat	53.511	65.490	67.949
Soya bean meal	29.149	25.267	22.554
Soya oil	6.969	5.177	5.819
Wheat bran	5.000
Potato protein	1.459	1.334	1.400
Calcium-carbonate fine	1.206	0.566	0.455
Monocalcium phosphate	1.072	0.553	0.261
Vit-min premix without Zn and Cu1	0.500	0.500	0.500
Sodium bicarbonate	0.256	0.221	0.210
DL-Methionine	0.249	0.230	0.213
L-Lysine HCl	0.224	0.240	0.215
Salt (NaCl)	0.166	0.166	0.174
Xylanase	0.100	0.100	0.100
Phytase	0.100	0.100	0.100
L-Threonine	0.038	0.056	0.051
Calculated AME broilers, kcal	2850	2925	3000
Analysed nutrients
Crude protein, g/100 g	21.5	19.6	18.9
Crude ash, g/100 g	5.0	3.8	3.5
Crude fiber, g/100 g	2.8	2.7	2.6
Moisture, g/100 g	8.4	8.8	8.7
Ca, g/100 g	0.90	0.58	0.48
P, g/100 g	0.61	0.46	0.38

¹Provided per kg of final feed: 0.65 g calcium, 90 mg manganese oxide, 1 mg potassium iodide, 0.25 mg selenium (sodium selenite), 65 mg iron (ferrous carbonate), 10,000 IU vitamin A, 2500 IU vitamin D₃, 50 UI vitamin E (all-rac-α-tocopherol-acetate), 2 mg vitamin K₃, 2 mg vitamin B₁, 6 mg vitamin B₂, 4 mg vitamin B₆ (pyridoxine hydroxychloride), 25 μg vitamin B₁₂, 40 mg niacinamide, 10 mg calcium D-pantothenate, 10 mg pantothenic acid, 1 mg folic acid, 150 μg biotin, 300 mg choline chloride, 0.61 g sepiolite, 0.75 mg butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), 8.25 mg butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), 1.20 mg ethoxyquin