Table 1.
The ingredients and nutrient level of the basal diet for the broilers (dry matter basis).
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Ingredients, % | |
| Corn | 60.50 |
| Soybean meal (46%) | 28.00 |
| Wheat bran | 5.50 |
| Soybean oil | 2.00 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 1.30 |
| NaCl | 0.32 |
| Sodium bicarbonate | 0.20 |
| Limestone meal | 1.50 |
| dl-Methionine | 0.17 |
| Premix1 | 0.51 |
| Total | 100.00 |
| Nutrient level2, g/kg | |
| ME, kcal/kg | 3,032.70 |
| Crude protein | 199.63 |
| Ca, % | 1.04 |
| Total P, % | 0.69 |
| Available P, % | 0.45 |
| Methionine | 4.57 |
| Methionine + Cystine | 7.89 |
| Lysine | 10.03 |
| Threonine | 6.88 |
| Valine | 9.03 |
| Isoleucine | 7.49 |
| Tryptophan | 2.22 |
| Mn, mg/kg | 25.64 |
1
Supplied per kilogram of diet: 12,000 IU of vitamin A; 3,000 IU of vitamin D3; 30 mg of vitamin E; 6 mg of vitamin K3; 3 mg of vitamin B1; 9 mg of vitamin B2; 6 mg of vitamin B6; 0.03 mg of vitamin B12; 0.15 mg of d-biotin; 18 mg of d-pantothenic acid; 1.5 mg of folic acid; 6 mg of nicotinamide; 18.15 mg of ethoxyquin; 50 mg of choline chloride; 10 mg of phytase; 0.004 mg of ubiquitin Ca; 5.12 mg of Cu; 72 mg of Fe; 56 mg of Zn; 0.64 mg of I; 0.24 mg of Se; 0.32 mg of Co.
2
All of the values are calculated except that of Mn was analysed.