Table 1.
Composition and nutrient level of the basal diet (%, as fed basis).
| Item | Starter |
Grower |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 to 21 | Day 22 to 42 | |
| Ingredients | ||
| Corn | 60.00 | 66.00 |
| Soy bean meal | 28.50 | 24.00 |
| Fish meal | 2.00 | 1.00 |
| Wheat middling | 4.50 | 4.00 |
| Salt | 0.30 | 0.30 |
| Choline chloride (50%) | 0.15 | 0.10 |
| CaHPO4 | 1.20 | 1.00 |
| Limestone | 1.20 | 1.20 |
| Zeolite power | 1.20 | 1.40 |
| Premix1 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Nutrient levels2 | ||
| ME, MJ/kg | 11.80 | 12.00 |
| CP | 21.01 | 18.80 |
| Lys | 1.12 | 1.08 |
| Met | 0.49 | 0.46 |
| Ca | 1.01 | 0.90 |
| Total P | 0.69 | 0.61 |
| Available P | 0.47 | 0.39 |
Supplied per kilogram of diet: Vitamin A 25,000 IU, Vitamin D 5,000 IU, Vitamin E 12.5 IU, Vitamin K 1.25 mg, Vitamin B1 1.0 mg, Vitamin B2 8 mg, Vitamin B12 15 μg, pantothenic acid 250 μg, pyridoxine 9.09 mg, biotin 22.50 mg, folic acid 1.67 mg, ZnSO4.H2O 180.93 mg, CuSO4.H2O 33.18 mg, FeSO4.H2O 247.75 mg, MnSO4.H2O 248.45 mg, Ca(IO3)2 85.80 mg, Na2SeO3 37.60 mg.
Calculated nutrient levels.