Table 1.
Composition of basal diet for broilers (as-fed basis)
| Items | Starter | Grower | Finisher |
| Ingredients (%) | | | |
| Yellow corn | 34.88 | 40.28 | 35.88 |
| Wheat | 15.00 | 15.00 | 23.00 |
| Wheat flour | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Tallow | 5.05 | 3.63 | 3.15 |
| Rice bran | - | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Corn gluten meal (60%) | 0.63 | 3.00 | 1.13 |
| Soybean meal (45%) | 29.50 | 19.38 | 12.75 |
| Rapseed meal (37%) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.50 |
| Dried distiller's grains | 5.00 | 7.00 | 12.00 |
| Meat meal (70%) | 3.00 | 4.00 | 4.50 |
| Salt | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.23 |
| Limestone | 1.23 | 1.15 | 1.00 |
| Monodicalcium phosphate | 1.08 | 1.05 | 0.63 |
| L-Lysine-HCL (50%) | 0.65 | 0.73 | 0.73 |
| DL-Methionine (99%) | 0.43 | 0.30 | 0.25 |
| L-Threonine (99%) | 0.18 | 0.10 | 0.13 |
| Broiler premix1 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.15 |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Calculated composition | | | |
| MEn (kcal/kg) | 3.10 | 3.15 | 3.20 |
| Crude protein (%) | 22.00 | 20.00 | 18.50 |
| Calcium (%) | 0.80 | 0.75 | 0.70 |
| Phosphorus (%) | 1.00 | 0.90 | 0.90 |
| Methionine (%) | 0.70 | 0.65 | 0.60 |
Provided per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 10,000,000 IU; vitamin D3 ,2,000,000 IU; vitamin E, 30,000 IU; vitamin K3, 1,500 mg; vitamin B1, 2,000 mg; vitamin B2, 7,500 mg; vitamin B6, 3,000 mg; vitamin B12, 20 mg; niacin, 50,000 mg; pantothen, 10,000 mg; folic acid, 1,000 mg; biotin, 50 mg; FeSO4․7H2O, 70,000 mg; CuSO4, 250 mg; CuSO4․H2O, 24,000 mg; MnSO4․H2O, 70,000 mg; ZnSO4․H2O, 50,000 mg; Ca(IO3)2․H2O, 800 mg; Na2SeO3․5H2O, 200 mg.