Table 1.
Ingredients and nutritional value of Basal diet (BD).
| Ingredient % | Starter (1–14 Days) |
Grower (14–35 Days) |
Finisher (35–42 Days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corn | 57.63 | 58.382 | 61.8 |
| Canola Meal | 12 | 12 | 8.5 |
| Rape seed Meal | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Soyabean Meal Hi Pro | 21 | 19.5 | 17.5 |
| Poultry BP Meal | 2.55 | 3 | 5 |
| Fish Meal | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Limestone | 0.62 | 0.65 | 0.7 |
| Mineral premix 1 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Vitamin premix 2 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 |
| Sodium chloride | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.41 |
| L-Lysine HCl | 0.16 | 0.13 | 0.16 |
| DL-Methionine | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 |
| L-Tryptophan | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| Calculated composition | |||
| CP (%) | 21.90 | 20 | 19.10 |
| ME (kcal/kg) | 3.05 | 3.20 | 3.20 |
| Calcium % | 0.95 | 0.95 | 0.88 |
| Total Phosphorus (%) | 0.70 | 0.62 | 0.61 |
| Available phosphorus (%) | 0.45 | 0.41 | 0.38 |
| Crude fiber (%) | 2.63 | 2.52 | 2.48 |
| Lysine digest (%) | 1.34 | 1.15 | 1.07 |
| Methionine digest (%) | 0.59 | 0.54 | 0.54 |
1 Mineral premix (each kg contained): Se, 0.15 mg; Cu, 11.3 mg; Na, 0.18 g; Zn, 84 mg; Mn, 87 mg; Fe, 111.2 mg; K, 0.85 g; I, 0.1 mg; Mg, 18 g. 2 Vitamin premix (each kg contained): vitamin B12 6.6 mg; vitamin E 18,371 IU; vitamin D3 1,543,220 IU; vitamin A 4,409,200 IU; niacin 18,371 mg; folic acid 699 mg; choline 191,066 mg; d-Biotin 220 mg; menadione 589 mg; riboflavin 2338 mg; pyridoxine 2866 mg; thiamine 1175 mg; d-pantothenic acid 8084 mg.