Effect of Crumble-Pellet and Mash Diets with Different Levels of Dietary Protein and Energy on the Performance of Broilers at the End of the Third Week

Table 1

Ingredient composition and nutrient content of experiment diet (as fed basis).

	Crumble-pellet diets				Mash diets
Ingredients (g/100 gr)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Yellow corn	48.4	51	54.8	57.2	48.4	51	54.8	57.2
Soybean meal	37.9	40.5	32.4	35.2	37.9	40.5	32.4	35.2
Oil	7.15	4	6.1	3	7.15	4	6.1	3
Monocalcium phosphate	1.45	1.4	1.5	1.45	1.45	1.4	1.5	1.45
Limestone	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7
Salt	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
Dl-methionine	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Lysine	0.21	0.15	0.27	0.23	0.21	0.15	0.27	0.23
Vit. & min. premix^1	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Wheat gluten	2	0	2	0	2	0	2	0
Calculated composition
Crude protein (%)	23	23	21	21	23	23	21	21
ME (kcal/kg)	3200	3000	3200	3000	3200	3000	3200	3000
Calcium (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Av. phosphorus (%)	0.45	0.45	0.45	0.45	0.45	0.45	0.45	0.45
Sodium (%)	0.17	0.17	0.17	0.17	0.17	0.17	0.17	0.17
Methionine (%)	0.64	0.64	0.62	0.62	0.64	0.64	0.62	0.62
L-Lysine (%)	1.35	1.35	1.25	1.25	1.35	1.35	1.25	1.25
Methionine + cystine (%)	1	1	0.95	0.95	1	1	0.95	0.95

¹Each kg of premix provided vitamin A, 10000 IU; vitamin D₃, 2500 IU; vitamin K, 2.4 mg; vitamin E, 44 IU; biotin, 0.1 mg; folic acid, 2.0 mg; niacin, 25 mg; calcium pentothenate, 14.32 mg; pyridoxine, 3.10 mg; riboflavin, 5 mg; thiamin, 1.2 mg; vitamin B₁₂, 10.5 μg; Fe, 85 mg; Mn, 125 mg; Cu, 7.8 mg; Se, 0.09 mg; Zn, 60 mg; choline chloride, 5.5 mg.