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Table 1 Composition of the basal diet for 1- to 21-day-old broilers

From: The chemical characteristics of different sodium iron ethylenediaminetetraacetate sources and their relative bioavailabilities for broilers fed with a conventional corn-soybean meal diet

Items

Contents

Ingredients, %

 

 Corn

53.69

 Soybean meal

37.39

 Soybean oil

4.83

 CaHPO41

1.86

 CaCO31

1.17

 Sodium chloride1

0.30

 DL-methionine2

0.32

 Micronutrients3

0.29

 Cornstarch4

0.15

Nutrient levels

 

 ME, kcal/kg

3,027

 Crude protein5, %

21.62

 Lysine, %

1.12

 Methionine, %

0.61

 Methionine + cysteine, %

0.91

 Ca5, %

1.02

 Nonphytate P, %

0.45

 Fe5, mg/kg

67.90

  1. 1Reagent grade
  2. 2Feed grade
  3. 3Provided per kilogram of diet: vitamin A (as all-trans retinol acetate), 12,000 IU; vitamin D3, 4,500 IU; vitamin E (as DL-α-tocopheryl acetate), 33 IU; vitamin K3, 3 mg; vitamin B1, 3 mg; vitamin B2, 9.6 mg; vitamin B6, 4.5 mg; vitamin B12, 0.03 mg; calcium pantothenate, 15 mg; niacin, 54 mg; folic acid, 1.5 mg; biotin, 0.15 mg; choline, 700 mg; Cu (CuSO4∙5H2O), 6 mg, Zn (ZnSO4∙7H2O), 60 mg; Mn (MnSO4∙H2O), 110 mg; I (Ca(IO3)2·H2O), 0.35 mg; Se (Na2SeO3), 0.35 mg
  4. 4The Fe additives, L-lysine HCl or DL-methionine were added to diets by replacing an equal weight of cornstarch
  5. 5Analyzed values. Each value is based on triplicate determinations
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Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

ISSN: 2049-1891