Table 1.
Ingredient composition and nutrient levels of the artificial crop milk.
| Items | Content, % |
|---|---|
| Corn | 40.55 |
| Wheat | 14.67 |
| Pea | 6.01 |
| Sorghum | 18.77 |
| Soybean meal | 10.00 |
| Fish meal | 1.00 |
| Premix1 | 2.00 |
| Canola oil | 2.00 |
| Casein | 5.00 |
| Total | 100.00 |
| Calculated nutrients2, % Metabolizable energy (MJ/kg) |
13.04 |
| Crude protein | 17.77 |
| Crude fat | 4.69 |
| Calcium | 0.15 |
| Total phosphorous | 0.38 |
| Analyzed nutrients, % | |
| Crude protein | 17.89 |
| Crude fat | 4.83 |
| Calcium | 0.27 |
| Total phosphorous | 0.54 |
1The premix provided the following per kg of diet: vitamin A 2,500 IU, vitamin D3 500 IU, vitamin E 2,500 IU, vitamin K3 500 IU, vitamin B1 500 IU, vitamin B3 500 IU, CU (as copper sulfate) 10 mg, Fe (as ferrous sulfate) 100 mg, Mn (as manganese sulfate) 50 mg, and Zn (as zinc sulfate) 80 mg.
2Nutrition values and metabolizable energy values determined in pigeons were calculated from table of feed composition and nutritive values in China (thirty-first edition, 2020).