Table 1.
Formula and chemical composition of layer diet.
| Ingredients (%) | |
|---|---|
| Corn grain | 45.50 |
| Wheat | 8.90 |
| Dried distillers grains with solubles | 7.00 |
| Soybean meal (44% CP) | 13.75 |
| Canola meal | 5.00 |
| Corn gluten meal | 4.00 |
| Full-fat rice bran | 3.50 |
| Tallow | 0.90 |
| L-lysine HCl | 0.18 |
| DL-methionine | 0.09 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 1.20 |
| Limestone | 9.50 |
| Salt | 0.15 |
| Sodium bicarbonate | 0.10 |
| Vitamin-mineral mixture 1 | 0.20 |
| Phytase | 0.03 |
| Calculated composition (% DM) | |
| AMEn (kcal/kg) 2 | 2750 |
| Crude protein (%) | 17.00 |
| Crude fat (%) | 4.20 |
| Lysine (%) | 0.85 |
| Methionine + cysteine (%) | 0.70 |
| Calcium (%) | 4.10 |
| Available Phosphorous | 0.35 |
1 Vitamin-mineral mixture provided following nutrients per kg of diet: vitamin A, 9000 IU; vitamin D3, 3000 IU; vitamin E, 20 IU; Vitamin K3, 2 mg; vitamin B1, 1.5 mg; vitamin B2, 4.5 mg; vitamin B6, 3.0 mg; vitamin B12, 0.012 mg; Fe, 50 mg; Zn, 106 mg; Mn, 120 mg; Cu 11.2 mg; I, 1.7 mg; Se, 0.55 mg; Cr, 0.25 mg. 2 AMEn = nitrogen-corrected apparent Metabolizable energy.