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Table 1 Composition of the basal diet

From: Performance, biochemical and haematological responses, and relative organ weights of laying hens fed diets supplemented with prebiotic, probiotic and synbiotic

Ingredient (%)

Amount

Corn

57.78

Soybean meal

28.36

Limestone

9.67

Dicalcium phosphate

1.51

Wheat middlings

1.00

Palm oil

1.00

Common salt

0.33

DL-Methionine

0.17

Choline Cl-70%

0.06

Mineral premixa

0.10

Vitamin premixb

0.03

Total

100.00

Calculated analysis

 

Crude protein

17.40

Crude fat

3.72

Crude fibre

2.62

Calcium

3.91

Available phosphorus

0.42

Lysine

0.93

Methionine

0.42

Lysine + cysteine

0.71

Metabolizable energy (MJ/kg)

11.70

  1. aMineral premix (per kg diet): 80 mg iron, 100 mg manganese, 15 mg copper, 80 mg zinc, 1 mg iodine, 0.2 mg selenium, 0.25 mg cobalt, 4 mg potassium, 0.6 mg magnesium and 1.5 mg sodium
  2. bVitamin premix (per kg diet): 15,000 IU vitamin A, 3000 IU vitamin D3, 22.5 mg vitamin E, 6 mg vitamin K3, 3 mg vitamin B1, 9 mg vitamin B2, 6 mg vitamin B6, 0.03 mg vitamin B12, 18 mg calcium D-panthothenate, 60 mg niacin, 1.5 mg folic acid, and 0.075 mg biotin