Broilers

DSM Vitamin Supplementation Guidelines 2016 for Animal Nutrition

Added per kg air-dry feed

Category/Phase	Duration	Vit. A	Vit. D₃⁽²⁾	*25OHD3 (HyD)⁽²⁾**	Vit. E⁽³⁾	Vit. K₃(Menadione)	Vit. B₁	Vit. B₂	Vit. B₆	Vit. B₁₂⁽⁷⁾	Niacin	d-Panto thenic acid	Folic acid	Biotin	Vit. C ⁽⁸⁾⁽⁹⁾	Choline
		I.U.	I.U.	mg	mg	mg	mg	mg	mg	mg	mg	mg	mg	mg	mg	mg
Broilers Starter	1-10 days	12.000-15.000	4000-5000	0,069	150-200⁽⁵⁾	3-4	3-4	8-10	4-6	0,020-0,040	60-80	15-20	2-2,5	0,25-0,40	100-200	400-700
Grower	11-24 days	10.000-12.500	4000-5000	0,069	50-100⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾	3-4	2-3	7-9	4-6	0,020-0,030	60-80	12-18	2-2,5	0,25-0,40	100-200	400-700
Finisher	25 dd-market	10.000-12.500	4000-5000	0,069	50-100⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾	3-4	2-3	6-8	4-6	0,020-0,030	50-80	10-15	2-2,5	0,25-0,40	100-200	400-600
Broiler breeders Starter/Grower (pullets)	0-18 weeks	10.000-12.000	3000-5000	0,069	100-150⁽⁵⁾	3-5	2-3,5	8-10	4-6	0,020-0,030	30-60	13-15	1,5-2,5	0,25-0,40	100-150	350-700
Layers and male breeders	19 weeks-end	12.000-15.000	3000-5000	0,069(3)	100-150⁽⁵⁾	5-7	3-3,5	12-16	4-6	0,030-0,040	50-60	15-25	2-4	0,25-0,40	100-150	350-700

⁽²⁾Local legal limits need to be observed
⁽³⁾ Add 60 mg/kg CAROPHYLL® red to improve hatchability. MaxiChick™ (Hy-D® 1,25% and CAROPHYLL® red) is a DSM Nutritional Products Patent and Trademark
⁽⁴⁾ When dietary fat is higher than 3% then add 5 mg/kg feed for each 1% dietary fat
⁽⁵⁾ For optimum immune function increase level up to 300 mg/kg
⁽⁶⁾ Under heat stress conditions increase level up to 200 mg/kg
⁽⁷⁾ For optimum meat quality increase level up to 200 mg/kg
⁽⁸⁾Use upper level as reference for animal protein free diets and when cobalt is supplemented at very low levels or removed
⁽⁹⁾ Recommended under heat stress condition and to enhance reproductive performance in breeders
⁽¹⁰⁾ Use ROVIMIX® STAY-C®35 for reducing loss during processing

Conversion Factors

Vitamin activity (active substance)	Conversion factor from active substance to vitamin form
1 IU Vitamin A (retinol)	0,344 μg Vitamin A acetate (retinyl acetate)
1 IU Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)	0,025 μg Vitamin D3
1 μg 25OHD3	40 IU Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
1,0 mg Vitamin E (tocopherol)	1,0 mg DL- α-Tocopheryl acetate
1,0 mg Vitamin K3 (menadione)	2,0 mg Menadione Sodium Bisulfite (MSB) 2,3 mg Menadione Nicotinamide Bisulfite (MNB)
1,0 mg Vitamin B1 (thiamine)	1,088 mg Thiamine mononitrate 1,12 mg Thiamine hydrochloride
1,0 mg Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine)	1,215 mg Pyridoxine hydrochloride
1,0 mg d-Pantothenic acid	1,087 mg Calcium d-pantothenate 2,174 mg Calcium dl-pantothenate
1,0 mg Biotin	1 mg D-Biotin
1,0 mg Vitamin C	1 mg L-Ascorbic acid
1,0 mg Choline	1,15 mg Choline chloride