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. 2024 Jun 26;37(12):2145–2154. doi: 10.5713/ab.24.0136

Table 1.

Ingredients and nutrients composition of experimental diets

Items Starter phase (d 1 to 21) Finisher phase (d 22 to 35)
Cont1) PBM1) Cont1) PBM1)
Ingredients
 Corn 52.73 59.32 57.68 63.28
 Soybean meal 45% 38.89 27.82 33.04 23.65
 Poultry byproduct meal 0.00 7.73 0.00 6.56
 Soybean oil 3.58 1.28 5.64 3.68
 Calcium carbonate 0.90 0.68 0.73 0.54
 Dicalcium phosphate 2.17 1.18 1.78 0.94
 Sodium chloride 0.39 0.24 0.39 0.26
 Sodium bicarbonate 0.30 0.60 0.12 0.38
 L-Lysine sulphate 0.36 0.47 0.15 0.25
 DL-Methionine 0.37 0.36 0.27 0.26
 L-Threonine 0.11 0.12 0.00 0.00
 Choline chloride 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10
 Vit. Min. premix2) (g/kg) 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10
 Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
Nutrients composition, % (Calculated)
 Metabolizable energy (Kcal/kg) 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,200.00 3,200.00
 Crude protein 22.00 22.00 19.50 19.50
 Ether extract 5.8 5.58 7.97 7.78
 Crude fiber 2.94 2.54 2.76 2.42
 Ash 4.92 4.62 4.34 4.08
 Dig. Lysine 1.28 1.28 1.03 1.03
 Dig. Methionine 0.67 0.67 0.54 0.55
 Dig. Threonine 0.86 0.86 0.67 0.67
Nutrients composition, %3) (Analyzed)
 Dry matter 90.23 90.43 90.54 90.34
 Crude protein 21.98 22.01 19.67 19.5
 Ether extract 5.50 5.65 7.98 8.04
 Acid insoluble ash4) 1.23 1.43 1.10 1.15
1)

Cont, standard broiler ration; PBM, control diet with 25% of the soybean meal replaced by poultry by-product meal (PBM) on an equivalent protein basis; PBMP, PBM diet supplemented with 0.5 g/kg of protease; PBMO, PBM diet supplemented with 1 g/kg organic acid; PBMPO, PBM diet supplemented with 0.5 g/kg protease and 1 g/kg organic acid.

2)

Vitalink® is a vitamins premix; each kg of it supplied the following: vitamin A 20,000 KIU; vitamin D3 5,400 KIU; vitamin E 48,000 mg; vitamin K3 4,000 mg; vitamin B1 4,000 mg; vitamin B2 9,000 mg; vitamin B6 7,600 mg; vitamin B12 20 mg; Niacin 60,000 mg; Pantothenic acid 20,000 mg; Folic acid 1,600 mg; Biotin 200 mg.

3)

Nutrimin is a minerals premix; each Kg of it supplied the following: Iron 10,000 mg; Zinc 120,000 mg; Manganese 140,000 mg; Copper 12,000 mg; Iodine 1,800 mg; Cobalt 400 mg; and Selenium 360 mg.

4)

Analysis of acid insoluble ash was conducted after supplementation with Celite.