Table 1. Composition and nutrient levels of basal diets (air-dry basis) for broilers aged 1 to 3 wks.

Items	Content %	Nutrient levels 2 %
Corn	49.59	ME/(MJ/kg)	12.26
Soybean meal (43%)	26.30	CP	22.00
Soybean oil	2.00	EE	4.88
Wheat middling	4.80	DLys	1.14
Limestone	1.42	DMet	0.59
Distiller’s dried grain with soluble	5.00	DThr	0.75
CaHPO4	1.33	DMet+DCys	0.88
Peanut meal (47%)	3.00	Ca	0.98
Cottonseed meal (46%)	2.80	AP	0.49
Corn protein meal (60%)	2.00	TP	0.72
L-Thr	0.08
L-Lys	0.50
DL-Met	0.18
Premix 1	1.00
Total	100.00

¹The premix provided the following per kg of diets: VA 10,000.00 IU, VB₁ 5.60 mg, VB₂ 11.00 mg, VB₆ 8.00 mg, VB₁₂ 0.02 mg, VD₃ 3,000.00 IU, VE 40.00 IU, VK₃ 2.50 mg, biotin 0.15 mg, folic acid 2.00 mg, D-pantothenic acid 32.00 mg, nicotinic acid 60.00 mg, antioxidant 100.00 mg, Cu (as copper sulfate) 10.00 mg, Fe (as ferrous sulfate) 80.00 mg, Mn (as manganese sulfate) 60.00 mg, Zn (as zinc sulfate) 35.00 mg, I (as potassium iodide) 0.42 mg, Se (as sodium selenite) 0.30 mg.

²Nutrient levels were calculated values.