Table 1.
Ingredient composition of the experimental basal diet.
| Ingredients, % | Starter Diet (from 0 d to 22 d) |
Grower-Finisher Diet (from 23 d to 35 d) |
|---|---|---|
| Wheat | 54.49 | 44.02 |
| Soybean meal 47% | 35.40 | 27.25 |
| Barley | - | 18.58 |
| Experimental fats 1 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Calcium carbonate | 1.44 | 1.39 |
| Monocalcium phosphate | 0.99 | 1.20 |
| Titanium dioxide | 0.50 | 0.50 |
| Vitamin and mineral premix 2 | 0.40 | 0.40 |
| Sodium chloride | 0.40 | 0.35 |
| DL-Methionine | 0.23 | 0.17 |
| L-Lysine | 0.15 | 0.12 |
| L-Threonine | - | 0.02 |
1 Soybean oil, palm oil and palm fatty acid distillate in different proportions. 2 Provides per kg of feed: vitamin A (from retinol), 10,000 IU; vitamin D3 (from cholecalciferol), 4800 IU; vitamin E (from alfa tocopherol), 45 mg; vitamin B1, 3 mg; vitamin B2, 9 mg; vitamin B6, 4.5 mg; vitamin B12, 40 µg; vitamin K3, 3 mg; calcium pantothenate, 16.5 mg; nicotinic acid, 51 mg; folic acid, 1.8 mg; biotin, 150 µg; Fe (from FeSO4·7H2O), 54 mg; I (from Ca(I2O3)2), 1.2 mg; Cu (from CuSO4·5H2O), 12 mg; Mn (from MnO), 90 mg; Zn (from ZnO), 66 mg; Se (from Na2SeO3), 0.18 mg; β-glucanase 150 U; xylanase 270 U.