Table 1. Formula of basal diets

Item Starter (0–21 d) Grower (22–30 d) Finisher (31–37 d)
Ingredients
 Broken rice 28.60 34.96 38.85
 Corn 30.00 30.00 30.00
 Soybean meal 29.50 21.93 18.24
 Fish meal 6.00 8.00 8.00
 Vegetable oil 1.64 0.84 1.11
 Monocalcium phosphate 1.35 1.24 1.00
 Limestone 0.77 0.90 0.79
 Premix1,2) 0.60 0.60 0.60
 Salt 0.42 0.39 0.39
 Lysine 0.39 0.41 0.40
 DL methionine 0.29 0.26 0.25
 L-Threonine 0.19 0.18 0.14
 Choline chloride 0.14 0.14 0.14
 Antifungal - 0.10 0.10
 Monensin sodium3) 0.05 0.05 -
Nutrient and energy level (calculated)
 Xanthophyl (ppm) 11.70 11.70 11.70
 ME (kcal/kg) 3,100 3,100 3,150
 Protein (%) 21.50 19.00 17.50
 Ash (%) 4.38 4.06 3.58
 Fat (%) 4.29 3.79 4.02
 Fiber (%) 2.37 2.21 2.08
 Calcium (%) 0.90 0.90 0.80
 Total phosphorus (%) 0.72 0.67 0.60
 Available phosphorus (%) 0.48 0.45 0.40
 Salt (%) 0.44 0.42 0.42
 Lysine (%) 1.28 1.15 1.06
 Methionine (%) 0.52 0.47 0.45
 Methionine+Cysteine (%) 0.91 0.83 0.79
 Threonine (%) 0.96 0.86 0.79
 Tryptophan (%) 0.22 0.19 0.25
 Sodium (%) 0.20 0.19 0.19
Vitamin-mineral mixture provides the following (per kg of diet): 25,000 IU of vitamin A; 5,000 IU of vitamin D3; 100 mg of vitamin E; 6 mg of vitamin K3; 4 mg of vitamin B1; 10 mg of vitamin B2; 30 mg of vitamin B3; 6 mg of vitamin B6; 60 mg of nicotinamide; 2 mg of folic acid; 0.06 mg of vitamin B12; 0.2 mg of biotin; 1,000 mg of choline chloride; 2 mg of Co, 4 mg of I, 120 mg of Mn, 40 mg of Fe, and 100 mg of Zn.
The T1, T2, and T3 treatment diet contained 0.3 ppm Na-Se, 0.15 ppm Na-Se+0.15 ppm Zn-L-SeMet, or 0.3 ppm Zn-L-SeMet.
Coccidiostat (Maxiban® for starter, Cygro® 1% for grower).
Zn-L-SeMet, Zn-L-selenomethionine.