Table 2.

Ingredient composition of experimental diets (Starter).¹

Ingredients, %	Starter (d 0–7)
	PC	NC	PA
Corn	40.646	41.453	41.453
Soybean meal (CP 45%)	33.263	33.150	33.150
Wheat	10.000	10.000	10.000
DDGS 28%	4.000	4.000	4.000
Tankage ML-60	3.000	3.000	3.000
MBM 50%	1.800	1.800	1.800
Wheat flour	2.000	2.000	2.000
Poultry oil	2.633	2.118	2.118
L-lysine-SO4	0.501	0.417	0.417
DL-methionine	0.418	0.368	0.368
L-threonine	0.141	0.090	0.090
L-tryptophan	0.010	0.010	0.010
Salt	0.224	0.224	0.224
Limestone	0.445	0.445	0.445
Mono-dicalcium phosphate	0.435	0.435	0.435
Mineral premix2	0.220	0.220	0.220
Vitamin premix3	0.150	0.150	0.150
Choline	0.100	0.100	0.100
Phytase1000 (HiPhos 10000 GT)	0.010	0.010	0.010
Xylanase (WX 2000)	0.005	0.005	0.005
Sand	-	0.005	-
ProAct 360	-	-	0.005
Total	100.00	100.00	100.00
Calculated value (%)
Metabolic energy (ME), kcal/kg	3000	2975	3000
Crude protein (CP)	22.000	21.279	22.000
Available lysine	1.310	1.263	1.310
Available methionine	0.570	0.553	0.570
Available threonine	0.850	0.801	0.850
Available tryptophan	0.210	0.205	0.210
Available SAA	0.990	0.942	0.990
Available arginine	1.510	1.467	1.510
Available isoleucine	0.970	0.942	0.970
Available valine	1.120	1.082	1.120
Calcium (Ca)	0.850	0.850	0.850
Available P	0.480	0.480	0.480
Na	0.150	0.150	0.150

¹PC, basal diet; NC, basal diet formulated with full ProAct 360 matrix value at 50 g/MT but without addition of ProAct 360; PA, NC + 50 g/MT ProAct 360.

²Provided per kg of diet: 37.5 mg Zn (as ZnSO₄), 37.5 mg of Mn (MnO₂), 37.5 mg of Fe (as FeSO₄·7H₂O), 3.75 mg of Cu (as CuSO₄·5H₂O), 0.83 mg of I (as KI), and 0.23 mg of Se (as Na₂SeO₃·5H₂O).

³Provided per kg of diet: 15,000 IU of vitamin A, 3,750 IU of vitamin D3, 37.5 mg of vitamin E, 2.55 mg of vitamin K3, 3 mg of thiamin, 7.5 mg of riboflavin, 4.5 mg of vitamin B6, 24 μg of vitamin B12, 51 mg of niacin, 1.5 mg of folic acid, 0.2 mg of biotin, and 13.5 mg of pantothenic acid.