Table 1.
Feed ingredients for dietary treatments
| Dietary Treatments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingredient (%) | NC | PC | KEO | BA | KEBA |
| Maize | 68.32 | 68.32 | 68.32 | 68.32 | 68.32 |
| Soya bean meal (Local) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| Soya bean crude oil | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Salt-(fine) | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Mono calcium phosphate | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Calcium carbonate | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| L-Lysine HCI | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 |
| DL-Methionine | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 |
| L-Tryptophan | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| L-Threonine | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 |
| Vitamin premix | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Trace mineral premix | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Copper sulphate, 25% | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Antioxidant | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Additives other | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Zinc Bacitracin | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nutritional composition (%) | |||||
| Dry matter | 93.12 | 93.29 | 93.44 | 93.69 | 93.99 |
| Moisture | 6.87 | 6.70 | 7.55 | 7.10 | 7.00 |
| Crude protein | 18.34 | 18.47 | 18.17 | 18.49 | 18.84 |
| Ether extracts | 3.68 | 3.71 | 4.51 | 3.63 | 4.24 |
| NDF | 20.09 | 19.31 | 23.94 | 20.82 | 21.56 |
| ADF | 11.24 | 11.22 | 11.13 | 11.21 | 11.29 |
NC, Negative control (no antibiotic growth promoter); PC, Positive control (antibiotic growth promoter); KEO, Kalahari melon essential oil; BA, Butyric acid; KEBA, Kalahari melon essential oil butyric acid blend.