Table 2.

Ingredients Proximate analysis of the experimental different dietary treatments.

Ingredients	Treatments	Basal diet	2	3	4	5	6
Ochratoxin A		–	+	+	+	+	+
Garlen Extra4		–	–	0.010	–	0.010	–
Nigella sativa		–	–	–	3.0	3.0	–
Fero Bind Pro		–	–	–	–	–	0.050
Yellow corn (7.5%)		34	34	36.29	34.9	34.89	33.95
Soybean meal (48%)		39	39	39	38.7	38.7	39
Fish Meal (Menhaden, 64%)		10	10	10	10	10	10
Wheat bran (16.4%)		5	5	2.1	2	2	5
Corn glutine (60%)		5	5	5.5	5	5	5
Soybean oil		5	5	5.100	4.4	4.4	5
Vitamins & mineral mixture*		0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Dicalcium phosphate		1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7
Total (kg)		100	100	100	100	100	100
Values between parentheses are determined crude protein content (N×6.25)
Proximate analysis
Dry matter (DM)		90.12	90.12	90.12	90.17	90.17	90.13
Moisture		9.88	9.88	9.88	9.83	9.83	9.87
Crude protein (CP)		31.54	31.54	31.54	31.54	31.54	31.54
Ether extract (EE)		7.755	7.755	7.83	7.715	7.71	7.753
Crude fiber (CF)		2.75	2.75	2.52	2.73	2.73	2.75
Nitrogen free extract (NFE**)		41.275	41.275	41.54	41.385	41.39	41.247
Ash		6.80	6.80	6.69	6.80	6.80	6.84
Methionine		0.60	0.60	0.60	0.60	0.60	0.60
Lysine		1.84	1.84	1.84	1.84	1.84	1.84
Calcium		1.01	1.01	1.01	1.02	1.02	1.02
Total phosphorus		1.03	1.03	1.01	1.01	1.01	1.03
Digestable Energy (DE kcal /kg)		3090.76	3090.76	3090.33	3094.74	3094.52	3089.66

^*The used vitamins & mineral mixture* (Multivita Co.) composed of vitamin A 12000000 IU, vitamin D3 2200000 IU, vitamin E 10000 mg, vitamin K3 2000 mg, vitamin B1 1000 mg, vitamin B2 5000 mg, vitamin B6 1500 mg, vitamin B12 10 mg, Niacin 30000 mg, Biotin 50 mg, Folic acid 1000 mg, Pantothenic acid 10000 mg, Iron 30000 mg, Manganese 60000 mg, Copper 4000 mg, Zinc 50000 mg, Iodine 1000 mg, Cobalt 100 mg, Selenium 100 mg, calcium carbonate (CaCO₃) carrier to 3000 g.**NFE = Nitrogen free extract and calculated by difference {100 − (moisture% + CP% + EE% + CF% + Ash%). Carbohydrates = NFE + CF.