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Table.1 Composition and nutrient levels of the basal diet for broilers from 1 to 21 days of age (as-fed basis)

From: Dietary calcium requirements of broilers fed a conventional corn-soybean meal diet from 1 to 21 days of age

Item

Contents

Ingredients, %

 Corn

52.97

 Soybean meal

37.51

 Soybean oil

5.00

 CaHPO4a

1.72

 Limestonea

0.24

 Salta

0.30

 DL-Meta

0.31

 Micronutrentsb

0.33

 Sand

1.62

Nutrient levels, %

 ME, MJ/kg

12.69

 Crude protein c

21.62

 Lysine

1.12

 Methionine

0.59

 Threonine

0.80

 Tryptophane

0.23

 Methionine + Cystine

0.90

 Non-phytate phosphorus

0.39

 Calciumc

0.59

  1. a Feed grade
  2. b Provided per kilogram of diet: VA, 15,000 IU; VD3, 4500 IU; VE, 24 IU; VK3, 3 mg; VB1, 3 mg; VB2, 9.6 mg; VB6, 3 mg;VB12, 0.018 mg; Pantothenic acid calcium, 15 mg; Niacin, 39 mg; Folic acid, 1.5 mg; Biotin, 0.15 mg; Choline, 700 mg; Zn (ZnSO4.7H2O) 60 mg; Cu (CuSO4•5H2O) 8 mg; Mn (MnSO4•H2O) 110 mg; Fe (FeSO4•7H2O) 40 mg; I (KI) 0.35 mg; Se((Na2SeO3) 0.35 mg
  3. c Determined values based on triplicate measurements, and the others were calculated values