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. 2021 May 4;100(8):101240. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101240

Table 1.

Feed composition of the experimental diets from 0 to 41 d of age (doa).

Starter (0-14 doa)
Item Commercial diet Calcium and available phosphorus restricted (ReCap) diet
Ingredient (%)
 Yellow corn 53.23 53.23
 Soybean meal 38.23 38.23
 Animal fat 2.60 2.60
 Dicalcium phosphate 2.23 1.71
 Limestone 1.27 1.01
 Salt 0.34 0.34
 Choline chloride 60% 1.00 1.00
 Lysine 0.28 0.28
 DL-Methionine 0.37 0.37
 L-threonine 0.15 0.15
 Premix1 0.25 0.25
 Coccidiostat2 0.05 0.05
 Cellulose 0 0.78
 Total 100 100
Calculated nutrients
 Crude protein 23 23
 Calcium 0.96 0.768
 Available phosphorus 0.48 0.384
 Apparent metabolizable energy (AME; Kcal/kg) 3,000 3,000
 Digestible Methionine 0.51 0.51
 Digestible Lysine 1.28 1.28
 Digestible Threonine 0.86 0.86
 Digestible total sulfur amino acids (TSAA) 0.95 0.95
 Sodium 0.16 0.16
 Choline 0.16 0.16
Grower (15−28 doa)

Item Commercial diet Calcium and available phosphorus restricted (ReCap) diet

Ingredient (%)
 Yellow corn 57.13 57.13
 Soybean meal 34.80 34.80
 Animal fat 3.50 3.50
 Dicalcium phosphate 2.00 1.52
 Limestone 1.17 0.94
 Salt 0.34 0.34
 Choline chloride 60% 0.10 0.10
 Lysine 0.21 0.21
 DL-Methionine 0.32 0.32
 L-threonine 0.16 0.16
 Premix 0.25 0.25
 Coccidiostat 0.05 0.05
 Cellulose 0 0.71
 Total 100 100
Calculated nutrients
 Crude protein 21.5 21.5
 Calcium 0.87 0.696
 Available phosphorus 0.435 0.348
 AME (Kcal/kg) 3,100 3,100
 Digestible Methionine 0.47 0.47
 Digestible Lysine 1.15 1.15
 Digestible Threonine 0.77 0.77
 Digestible TSAA 0.87 0.87
 Sodium 0.16 0.16
 Choline 0.16 0.16
Finisher (29−45 doa)

Item Commercial diet Calcium and available phosphorus restricted (ReCap) diet

Ingredient (%)
 Yellow corn 54.23 54.23
 Soybean meal 38.23 38.23
 Animal fat 2.50 2.50
 Dicalcium phosphate 2.23 1.71
 Limestone 1.27 1.01
 Salt 0.34 0.34
 Choline chloride 60% 0.10 0.10
 Lysine 0.28 0.28
 DL-Methionine 0.37 0.37
 L-threonine 0.15 0.15
 Premix 0.25 0.25
 Coccidiostat 0.05 0.05
 Cellulose 0 0.78
 Total 100 100
Calculated nutrients
 Crude protein 19.5 19.5
 Calcium 0.78 0.624
 Available phosphorus 0.39 0.312
 AME (Kcal/kg) 3,200 3,200
 Digestible methionine 0.43 0.43
 Digestible lysine 1.02 1.02
 Digestible threonine 0.68 0.68
 Digestible TSAA 0.8 0.8
 Sodium 0.16 0.16
 Choline 0.16 0.16
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The broiler premix provided per kilogram of diet: vitamin A (retinyl acetate), 10,000 IU; cholecalciferol, 4,000 IU; vitamin E (DL-α-tocopheryl acetate), 50 IU; vitamin K, 4.0 mg; thiamine mononitrate (B1), 4.0 mg; riboflavin (B2), 10 mg; pyridoxine HCL (B6), 5.0 mg; vitamin B12 (cobalamin), 0.02 mg; D-pantothenic acid, 15 mg; folic acid, 0.2 mg; niacin, 65 mg;biotin, 1.65 mg; iodine (ethylene diamine dihydroiodide), 1.65 mg; Mn (MnSO4H2O), 120 mg;Cu, 20 mg; Zn, 100 mg, Se, 0.3 mg; Fe (FeSO4.7H2O), 800 mg.

2

Decocx (Zoetis, Parsippany, NJ).