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Table 1 Composition of the basal diets for broilers (as-fed basis)

From: Effects of Clostridium butyricum on antioxidant properties, meat quality and fatty acid composition of broiler birds

Item (% unless noted)

Starter (1 to 21 days)

Grower (22 to 42 days)

Ingredient

  

Corn

53.33

60.87

Soybean meal

38.75

32.04

Soy oil

3.70

3.26

Calcium monohydrogen phosphate

1.98

1.69

Ground limestone

1.05

1.08

Salt

0.35

0.35

DL-Met

0.18

0.12

Lysine

0.04

0.02

Choline chloride (50%)

0.30

0.25

Mineral premixa

0.30

0.30

Vitamin premixb

0.02

0.02

Calculated nutrient compositon

 

ME, Mcal/kg

2.95

3.00

CP

21.00

19.00

Lysine

1.15

1.00

Methionine

0.50

0.40

Calcium

0.98

0.90

Nonphytate phosphorus

0.45

0.40

  1. aSupplied per kilogram of diet: Mn, 100 mg; Fe, 80 mg; Zn, 75 mg; Cu, 8 mg; Se, 0.15 mg; I, 0.35 mg.
  2. bSupplied per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 12500 IU; cholecalciferol, 2500 IU; vitamin E, 30 IU; vitamin K3, 2.65 mg; thiamin, 2 mg; riboflavin, 6 mg; pantothenic acid, 12 mg; vitamin B12, 0.025 mg; niacin, 50 mg; biotin, 0.0325 mg; folic acid, 1.25 mg.