Table 2.
Ingredient composition of the experimental basal diet [17].
| Ingredients (g/kg) | Starter Diet (from 0 d to 22 d) |
Grower-Finisher Diet (from 23 d to 35 d) |
|---|---|---|
| Wheat | 544.9 | 440.2 |
| Soybean meal 47% | 354.0 | 272.5 |
| Barley | - | 185.8 |
| Experimental fats 1 | 60.0 | 60.0 |
| Calcium carbonate | 14.4 | 13.9 |
| Monocalcium phosphate | 9.9 | 12.0 |
| Titanium dioxide | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Vitamin and mineral premix 2 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Sodium chloride | 4.0 | 3.5 |
| DL-Methionine | 2.3 | 1.7 |
| L-Lysine | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| L-Threonine | - | 0.2 |
1 Soybean oil, soybean acid oil and palm oil 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.