Table 1. Composition (%, as-fed basis) of the experimental broiler starter diet

Ingredients	Broiler starter (d 0–14)
	Control	FSBM2	FSBM3	FSBM4
Broken rice	57.00	56.90	56.65	57.00
Dried distillers grains	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.50
Vegetable oil	1.20	1.30	1.35	1.35
Soybean meal 44%	25.61	25.10	25.00	25.00
Fermented soybean meal	0.00	2.00	3.00	4.00
Corn gluten meal 60%	3.00	2.50	2.80	3.20
Fish meal	4.00	3.00	2.00	0.00
Di-calcium phosphate	0.85	0.85	0.85	0.85
Lime stone powder	1.20	1.20	1.20	1.40
Salt	0.74	0.74	0.74	0.74
Mineral pre-mix1)	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20
Vitamin pre-mix2)	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04
L-Lysine 98.5%	0.27	0.27	0.27	0.31
DL-Methionine 98.5%	0.26	0.26	0.26	0.26
L-Threonine 99%	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.14
Calculated values3)
ME (kcal/kg)	2,900	2,900	2,900	2,900
CP (%)	22	22	22	22
Ca (%)	1.00	0.95	0.90	0.87
Available P (%)	0.34	0.32	0.29	0.25
Total Lysine (%)	1.33	1.33	1.31	1.28
Total Met + Cys (%)	0.94	0.93	0.92	0.91
Total Thr + Trp (%)	1.23	1.24	1.24	1.22
Total Val + Arg (%)	2.68	2.69	2.70	2.66

Supplied per kilogram of total diets: Fe, 80 mg; Zn, 80 mg; Mn 80 mg; Co 0.5 mg; Cu, 10 mg; Se, 0.2 mg; I, 0.9 mg; Mg, 60 mg; K, 1 mg; Na, 0.5 mg.
Supplied per kilogram of total diets: Vitamin A, 24,000 IU; Vitamin D3, 6,000 IU; Vitamin E, 30 IU; Vitamin K, 4 mg; Thiamin, 4 mg; Riboflavin, 12 mg; Pyridoxine, 4 mg; Folacine, 2 mg; Biotin, 0.03 mg; Vitamin B8, 0.06 mg; Niacin, 90 mg; Pantothenic acid, 30 mg.
The values were calculated according to the values of feedstuffs in NRC (1994).
FSBM, fermented soybean meal; ME, metabolisable energy; CP, crude protein; Met, methionine; Cys, cysteine; Thr, threonine; Trp, tryptophan; Val, valine; Arg, arginine.