Table 1. Basal diet composition for laying hens

Ingredient	%
Corn	67.23
Soybean meal	17.38
Corn gluten meal	4.24
Limestone	9.42
Calcium phosphate	0.94
Salt	0.38
L-Lysine	0.05
DL-Methionine	0.03
Vitamin premix1	0.18
Mineral premix2	0.15
Total	100
Chemical composition
ME (kcal/kg)	2,750
CP (%)	16.00
Lysine (%)	0.74
Methionine (%)	0.32
Calcium (%)	3.80
Sodium (%)	0.17
Available phosphorus (%)	0.32

Contains per kg: vit. A, 5,500 IU; vit. D₃ 1,100 ICU; vit. E, 11 mg; vit. B₁₂, 0.0066 mg; vit. K₃, 1.1 mg; riboflavin, 4.4 mg; pantothenicacid, 11 mg (calciumpantothenate: 1.96 mg); choline, 190.96 mg; folicacid, 0.55 mg; pyridoxine, 2.2 mg; biotin, 0.11 mg; thiamine, 2.2 mg; ethoxyquin, 125 mg.
Contains per kg: Cu, 10 mg; Fe, 60 mg; I, 0.46 mg; Mn, 120 mg; Zn, 100 mg.