. 2021 Apr 11;100(8):101182. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101182

Table 1.

Ingredients and nutrient composition of the basal diets for broilers (as-fed basis).

Item^A, % unless noted	Dextrose-casein diet (d 1 to 7)	Corn–soybean meal diet (d 8 to 21)
Ingredient
corn	-	54.57
Soybean meal	-	37.26
Dextrose¹	61.78	-
Casein¹	20.00	-
Cellulose¹	3.00	-
Soybean oil	4.00	4.00
NaCl¹	0.88	0.30
CaHPO₄·H₂O	-	2.01
CaCO₃¹	2.66	1.10
KH₂PO₄¹	1.61	-
NaHCO₃¹	1.01	-
MgSO₄·7H₂O¹	0.35	-
KHCO₃¹	1.03	-
Gly¹	2.01	-
DL-Met¹	0.35	0.24
L-Arg¹	1.01	-
Micronutrients²^,³	0.31	0.32
Cornstarch + Fe⁴	-	0.20
Nutrient composition
ME, MJ/kg	12.82	12.46
CP⁵	22.03	21.42
Lys	1.40	1.06
Met	0.86	0.58
Met + cys	0.94	0.92
Ca⁵	1.06	1.01
Total P	0.70	0.67
Nonphytate P	0.51	0.45
Fe⁵, mg/kg	3.26	69.86

Reagent grade.

Provided per kilogram of diet (d 1 to 7): vitamin A (as retinyl acetate), 5,200 IU; cholecalciferol, 600 IU; vitamin E (as dl-α-tocopheryl acetate), 20 IU; vitamin K₃, 2 mg; vitamin B₁, 20 mg; vitamin B₂, 10 mg; vitamin B₆, 6 mg; vitamin B₁₂, 0.04 mg; calcium pantothenate, 30 mg; niacin, 50 mg; folic acid, 4 mg; biotin, 0.60 mg; ascorbic acid, 250 mg; choline chloride, 2,000 mg; Cu (CuSO₄·5H₂O), 8 mg, Zn (ZnSO₄·7H₂O), 40 mg; Mn (MnSO₄·H₂O), 80 mg; I (KI), 0.35 mg; Se (Na₂SeO₃), 0.15 mg; H₃BO₃, 9 mg; NaMoO₄·2H₂O, 9 mg.

Provided per kilogram of diet (d 8 to 21): vitamin A (as retinyl acetate), 15,000 IU; cholecalciferol, 4,500 IU; vitamin E (as dl-α-tocopheryl acetate), 24 IU; vitamin K₃, 3 mg; vitamin B₁, 3 mg; vitamin B₂, 9.6 mg; vitamin B₆, 3 mg; vitamin B₁₂, 0.018 mg; calcium pantothenate, 15 mg; niacin, 39 mg; folic acid, 1.5 mg; biotin, 0.15 mg; choline chloride,700 mg; Cu (CuSO₄·5H₂O), 8 mg, Zn (ZnSO₄·7H₂O), 60 mg; Mn (MnSO₄·H₂O), 110 mg; I (KI), 0.35 mg; Se (Na₂SeO₃), 0.15 mg.

⁴

Fe supplements added in place of equivalent weights of cornstarch.

⁵

Determined by triplicate assays.