Table 3 Composition of the commercial diets according to different feeding phases.
Pre-layer Wk 18 to 25 | Layer 1 Wk 26 to 51 | Layer 2 Wk 52 to 62 | Layer 3 Wk 63 to 66 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ingredients, % | ||||
Corn | 34.53 | 31.03 | 46.12 | 51.23 |
Wheat | 20.00 | 20.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Soybean meal | 3.00 | 10.47 | 8.93 | 7.01 |
Fullfat soybean | 8.60 | 15.00 | 15.00 | 15.00 |
Sunflower meal | 10.00 | 5.24 | 6.40 | 4.49 |
Corn gluten meal | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
Bran | 12.32 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
Vegetable oil | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.13 | 1.13 |
Calcium carbonate | 4.03 | 10.06 | 10.60 | 10.48 |
Dicalcium phosphate | 0.13 | 0.59 | 0.28 | 0.11 |
Sodium bicarbonate | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.11 |
Sodium chloride | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.22 | 0.23 |
l-lysine | 0.27 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.13 |
DL-methionine | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
MHA | 0.05 | 0.23 | 0.20 | 0.20 |
Choline chloride | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.10 |
Phytase | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.07 |
Vitamin and mineral premix | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 |
Chestnut tannins | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
Natural yellow pigment | 0.00 | 0.21 | 0.17 | 0.16 |
Emulsifier | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
NSP enzyme | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Adsorb. micotox | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
Calculated nutrients | ||||
Crude protein, % | 16.00 | 17.85 | 17.00 | 15.85 |
Total fat, % | 4.77 | 5.49 | 6.95 | 6.13 |
Crude fiber, % | 5.01 | 3.60 | 4.00 | 3.60 |
Ash, % | 7.68 | 13.90 | 14.25 | 13.77 |
Ca, % | 1.85 | 4.32 | 4.46 | 4.35 |
P, % | 0.52 | 0.49 | 0.47 | 0.42 |
Xanthophylls, mg/kg | 6.07 | 32.08 | 29.10 | 29.31 |
ME, kcal/kg | 2760 | 2764 | 2800 | 2800 |
Vit. D3, U.I | 2345 | 2344 | 2342 | 2342 |
Vit. HY D, ng/kg | 25.13 | 25.12 | 25.10 | 25.10 |