Table 2.

Analyzed nutrients of the experimental diets with different levels of benzoic acid (BA).

Item	Dry matter, %	Crude protein, %	Total Ca, %	Total P, %	BA, mg/kg
Experiment 1
0 BA	88.2	19.4	0.74	0.55	0
0.3% BA	88.6	19.4	0.75	0.55	2,942
0.5% BA	88.9	19.9	0.74	0.55	4,206
Experiment 2: grower (1)1
0 BA	87.5	16.0	0.58	0.40	0
0.3% BA	87.7	15.5	0.58	0.42	2,786
0.5% BA	87.9	15.3	0.56	0.40	4,699
Experiment 2: grower (2)1
0 BA	87.3	15.5	0.57	0.39	0
0.3% BA	87.2	15.3	0.57	0.38	2,510
0.5% BA	87.6	15.7	0.59	0.40	5,156
Experiment 2: finisher (1)2
0 BA	88.1	13.2	0.54	0.36	0
0.3% BA	88.3	13.1	0.52	0.35	2,860
0.5% BA	88.6	13.0	0.53	0.35	4,502
Experiment 2: finisher (2)2
0 BA	87.8	13.1	0.55	0.36	0
0.3% BA	87.7	13.2	0.51	0.34	3,038
0.5% BA	88.0	13.1	0.52	0.36	4,597

¹The first and second batches of diets for grower phase of experiment 2.

²The first and second batches of diets for finisher phase of experiment 2.