TABLE 2.
Basal diet for different phases for Experiment 3.
| Ingredient (%) | Starter | Grower | Finisher |
| Corn | 55.38 | 57.70 | 61.83 |
| Soybean meal | 36.32 | 33.29 | 28.63 |
| Soybean oil | 3.18 | 4.37 | 5.31 |
| Monodicalcium phosphate | 2.15 | 1.91 | 1.70 |
| Limestone | 1.02 | 0.96 | 0.85 |
| Salt | 0.20 | 0.23 | 0.24 |
| 1Pelex® Dry | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 |
| 2BS Premix | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 |
| 3MHA®84% | 0.39 | 0.33 | 0.30 |
| L-Lysine HCl | 0.30 | 0.23 | 0.21 |
| L-Threonine | 0.18 | 0.13 | 0.10 |
| Sodium bicarbonate | 0.25 | 0.22 | 0.21 |
| Choline Chloride 60% | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.08 |
| 4Salinomycin 12% (Sacox) | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Total | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| Calculated nutrient content | |||
| ME (Kcal/Kg) | 3,000 | 3,100 | 3,200 |
| CP (%) | 23.0 | 21.5 | 19.5 |
| dLys (%) | 1.28 | 1.15 | 1.02 |
| dMet (%) | 0.64 | 0.57 | 0.53 |
| dCys (%) | 0.31 | 0.30 | 0.27 |
| dThr (%) | 0.86 | 0.77 | 0.68 |
| dArg (%) | 1.32 | 1.23 | 1.10 |
| Calcium (%) | 0.96 | 0.87 | 0.78 |
| Total phosphorus (%) | 0.84 | 0.77 | 0.71 |
| Phosphorus (%) | 0.48 | 0.44 | 0.39 |
Proximate analysis was done for all the diets and confirmed the nutrient value matched the table values.
1Pelex® is an advanced-generation, synthetic resin that is effective at low inclusion levels as a livestock feed/pellet binder.
2Trace mineral premix: All treatments received 20 mg iron, and 1.2 mg iodine. In addition to that, CON–ITM received 110 mg zinc sulfate, 6 mg copper sulfate, 120 mg manganese sulfate, and 0.3 mg sodium selenite; MMHAC received 50, 10, and 60 mg of MINTREX® Zn, MINTREX® Cu, and MINTREX® Mn, respectively, and 0.3 mg sodium selenite; MMHAC + Org Se + ETX received 50, 10, and 60 mg of MINTREX® Zn, MINTREX® Cu, and MINTREX® Mn, respectively, 0.3 mg ZORIEN® SeY (A special strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae enriched with selenium in an organic highly bioavailable form) and 125 mg of ethoxyquin (SANTOQUIN® M6 at 188 ppm) per kg of diet.
3DL-Methionine Hydroxy Analog Calcium, Novus International, Inc., St Charles, MO, United States.
4Salinomycin sodium concentrations ranging from 40 to 60 g/ton (0.0044–0.0066%) for the prevention of coccidiosis in broiler, roaster and replacement chickens caused by Eimeria tenella, Eimeria necatrix, Eimeria acervulina, Eimeria maxima, Eimeria brunetti, and Eimeria mivati.