Table 2. Feed ingredients and nutrient composition of the basal diet1)

Starter Grower
1–10 days 11–24 days
Ingredients (%) 100 100
 Yellow corn 52.66 57.38
 Soybean meal 48% 39.10 33.98
 Corn oil 3.72 4.41
 Limestone 1.00 0.92
 Dicalcium phosphate 1.82 1.63
 Vit. and Min. mixture2) 0.50 0.50
 Salt 0.42 0.32
 DL-Methionine 0.35 0.32
 L-Lysin HCl 0.20 0.19
 L-Threonine 0.13 0.11
 Choline Cl 60% 0.09 0.09
 Sodium bicarbonate 0.01 0.15
Calculated nutrient
 ME (kcal/kg) 3,000 3,100
 Crude protein (%) 23.29 21.15
 Crude fat (%) 6.51 7.26
 Crude fiber (%) 2.83 2.72
 Calcium (%) 0.96 0.87
 Non-phytate P (%) 0.48 0.44
 d Lysine (%) 1.28 1.15
 d TSAA (%) 0.95 0.87
 d Threonine (%) 0.86 0.77
 d Arginine (%) 1.43 1.28
Nutritional requirements in the diet was suggested according Management Guide recommendation Ross 308 strain.
Containing mixture supplied per kg of diets: Vit. A: 2,400,000 IU; Vit. D: 1,000,000 IU; Vit. E: 16,000 IU; Vit. K: 800 mg; Vit. B1: 600 mg; Vit. B2: 1,600 mg; Vit. B6: 1,000 mg; Vit. B12: 6 mg; Biotin: 40 mg; Folic Acid: 400 mg; Niacin: 8,000 mg; Pantothenic Acid: 3,000 mg; Cobalt: 80 mg; Copper: 2,000 mg; Iodine: 400 mg; Iron: 1200 mg; Manganese: 18,000 mg; Selenium: 60 mg; Zinc: 14,000 mg.
ME, metabolizable energy; TSAA, total sulfur amino acid.