Table 1 Feed ingredients and nutrient composition of experiment diets
Feed ingredients | Starter (6 to 20 d post-hatch) | Finisher (21 to 35 d post-hatch) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maize | 325 | 330 | 600 | 600 | 520 | 530 | 352 | 353 | 645 | 642 | 572 | 573 |
Waxy rice | 270 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 295 | 295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Amylose (97%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 75 |
Corn gluten meal | 64.6 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 46.8 | 0 | 75.5 | 0 | 38.4 | 0 | 71.9 | 0 |
Soybean meal | 265 | 296 | 296 | 281 | 289 | 294 | 207 | 256 | 247 | 241 | 210 | 254 |
Soy oil | 24 | 37 | 18 | 35 | 25.2 | 38.1 | 28.3 | 43 | 24.6 | 42 | 29.3 | 44 |
Dicalcium phosphate | 15.9 | 16 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.4 | 13.3 | 13.7 | 13.9 | 14 |
Limestone | 12.6 | 12.4 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.4 | 13.2 | 11.6 | 11.2 | 12.4 | 12.3 | 12.4 | 12.1 |
Sodium chloride | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
Lysine HCl | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 4 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.2 |
DL-methionine | 1.6 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 2.6 |
L-threonine | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
L-serine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
L-arginine | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
Choline chloride (50%) | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Vitamin mineral premixa | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
Antioxidant | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Zinc bacitracin (10%) | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Colistin sulphite (10%) | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Flavomycin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Phytase | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Zeolite | 3.4 | 16.6 | 7.2 | 32.9 | 1.3 | 17.4 | 0.7 | 11 | 6.1 | 32.1 | 0 | 11.4 |
Titanium oxide | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Calculated analysed | ||||||||||||
 Metabolisable energy, MJ/kg | 12.37 | 12.33 | 12.33 | 12.37 | 12.33 | 12.33 | 12.75 | 12.75 | 12.75 | 12.75 | 12.75 | 12.75 |
 Crude protein | 210 | 185 | 210 | 185 | 210 | 185 | 195 | 170 | 195 | 170 | 195 | 170 |
 Calcium | 10.9 | 10.9 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 10.4 |
 Total phosphorus | 5.57 | 5.51 | 5.57 | 5.42 | 5.53 | 5.42 | 5.25 | 5.23 | 5.28 | 5.13 | 5.16 | 5.14 |
 Available phosphorus | 4.91 | 4.96 | 4.70 | 4.70 | 4.73 | 4.74 | 4.74 | 4.79 | 4.52 | 4.52 | 4.51 | 4.57 |
 Lysine | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.4 |
 Methionine | 4.7 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
 Methionine + Cysteine | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.1 |
 Threonine | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.7 |
 Analysed starch | 385 | 358 | 361 | 370 | 382 | 351 | 419 | 387 | 388 | 396 | 384 | 379 |