Table 1.
Ingredient and calculated chemical composition of experimental diets.
| Ingredients% | Pre initial | Initial | Growth | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corn (7,88%) | 54.62 | 56.91 | 64.55 | 68.83 |
| Soybean meal (46%) | 35.69 | 31.65 | 23.53 | 19.51 |
| Meat and bone meal | 3.00 | 4.00 | 3.00 | - |
| Poultry offal meal | 3.00 | 4.00 | 3.00 | 2.50 |
| Feather meal | - | - | 1.50 | 4.00 |
| Degomade soybean oil | 1.13 | 1.60 | 2.09 | 2.55 |
| Salt (NaCl) | 0.45 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.43 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 0.68 | 0.05 | 0.24 | 0.69 |
| Limestone | 0.29 | 0.28 | 0.25 | 0.46 |
| DL-methionine (98%) | 0.33 | 0.31 | 0.27 | 0.20 |
| L-Lysine (54%) | 0.26 | 0.27 | 0.44 | 0.48 |
| L-threonine (99%) | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.02 |
| L-valine (98%) | 0.007 | 0.004 | 0.23 | - |
| 1Vitamin supplement | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.10 |
| 2Mineral Supplement | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Choline Chloride (60%) | 0.050 | 0.050 | 0.050 | - |
| 3Antioxidant | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| 4Enramycin | 0.012 | 0.012 | 0.012 | - |
| 5Salinomycin | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.03 | - |
| 6Inerte | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 |
| Chemical composition (%) | ||||
| Metabolizable energy (kcal/kg) | 2.975 | 3.020 | 3.150 | 3.200 |
| Crude protein (%) | 24.20 | 23.50 | 20.60 | 19.00 |
| Calcium (%) | 0.97 | 0.88 | 0.76 | 0.63 |
| Total phosphorus (%) | 0.71 | 0.66 | 0.59 | 0.49 |
| Available phosphorus (%) | 0.46 | 0.42 | 0.37 | 0.29 |
| Na (%) | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.2 |
| K (%) | 0.86 | 0.80 | 0.67 | 0.59 |
| Lysine (%) | 1.31 | 1.25 | 1.12 | 1.01 |
| Methionine (%) | 0.72 | 0.71 | 0.62 | 0.48 |
| Met. + cystine (%) | 0.97 | 0.93 | 0.83 | 0.75 |
| Isoleucine (%) | 0.91 | 0.87 | 0.74 | 0.70 |
| Valine (%) | 1.01 | 0.97 | 1.07 | 0.83 |
| Threonine (%) | 0.86 | 0.83 | 0.74 | 0.67 |
| Tryptophan (%) | 0.26 | 0.24 | 0.20 | 0.18 |
Vitamin supplement. composition per kg of diet: Vitamin A (min) 14.3 I.U.; Vitamin D3 (min) 5.2 I.U.; Vitamin E (min) 71.5 I.U.; Vitamin K3 (min) 3,9 mg; Vitamin B1 (min) 2,3 mg; Vitamin B2 (min) 9.1 mg; Pantothenic acid (min) 0.01 g; Vitamin B6 (min) 5.2 mg; Vitamin B12 (min) 32.5 mcg; Nicotinic Acid (min) 0.08 g; Folic acid (min) 2,6 mg; Biotin (min) 0,3 mg; Selenium (min) 0,4 mg.
Mineral supplement. composition per kg of diet: Iron (min) 0.05 g; Copper (min) 0.01 g; Manganese (min) 0.06 g; Zinc (min) 0.06 g; Iodine (min) 1 mg.
BHT, butylated hydroxytoluene,
Enramycin-based performance enhancer (8%) added in pre-initial, initial, and growth phases of positive control (PC) treatment.
Anticoccidian.
Washed sand or Viligen.