TABLE 1.

Composition of the feed used in this study

Ingredient/nutrient profile	% of inclusion in diet
	Starter (days 0-14)	Grower (days 15-28)	Finisher (days 29-35)
Ingredient
Wheat	34.96	35.03	40.79
Soya	23	0	0.51
Barley	10	0	0
Canola	9	22	18
Canola oil	8.6	7	7
Corn	7	25	25
Corn gluten	2.3	6	4
Limestone	1.6	1.3	1.2
Dicalcium phosphatea	1.6	1.5	1.4
Vitamin-mineral mixtureb	1	1	1
Lysine	0.4	0.71	0.63
Avizymec	0.05	0.05	0.05
Analyzed nutrientd
Dry matter	89	88.7	88.7
Ash	6.41	5.74	5.74
Proteins	24.8	21.3	21.3
Fat	10.6	10.4	10.4
Glucose	19.3	17.3	18.6
Fructose	22.0	22.7	24.4
Acid detergent fiber	7.42	7.18	7.18
Neutral detergent fiber	13.35	13.72	13.72
Ca	1.0	1.0	1.0
Mg	0.2	0.2	0.2
K	0.89	0.55	0.55
P	0.80	0.81	0.81
Na	0.22	0.26	0.26
Fe	0.04	0.04	0.04
Zn	0.02	0.02	0.02
Mn	0.02	0.02	0.02

^aA mixture of mono- and dicalcium phosphate containing 18% calcium and 21% phosphate.

^bAmounts supplied per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 9,000 IU; cholecalciferol, 1,500 IU; vitamin E, 10 IU; vitamin K, 0.5 mg; vitamin B₁₂, 0.007 mg; thiamine, 0.4 mg; riboflavin, 6 mg; folic acid, 1 mg; biotin, 0.15 mg; niacin, 135 mg; pyridoxine, 4 mg; choline chloride, 1,000 mg; dl-methionine, 1,184 mg; ethoxyquine, 125 mg; NaCl, 2 g; manganese sulfate, 60 mg; copper sulfate, 5 mg; selenium (sodium selenium), 0.1 mg; iodine, 0.35 mg; zinc sulfate, 50 mg.

^cMultienzyme system for wheat-based poultry feed (Halchemix Canada, Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada) containing 5,000 U/g xylanase and 1,600 U/g protease.

^dThe nutrient contents, analyzed on a dry matter basis, were determined at CRESAD.