Table 1.
Ingredient and chemical composition of diets on an as-fed basis (%, unless otherwise stated).
| Item | CON | ANTIB |
|---|---|---|
| Ingredients | ||
| Yellow maize-fine | 69.9 | 69.9 |
| Prime gluten 60 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| Full fat soya meal | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| Soybean meal | 19.7 | 19.7 |
| Limestone powder-fine | 1.45 | 1.45 |
| Mono calcium phosphate | 0.72 | 0.72 |
| NaCl (salt-fine) | 0.32 | 0.32 |
| Sodium carbonate | 0.17 | 0.17 |
| Choline powder | 0.075 | 0.075 |
| Lysine | 0.279 | 0.279 |
| L-threonine | 0.041 | 0.041 |
| Methionine | 0.187 | 0.187 |
| Growers-phytase | 0.167 | 0.167 |
| Coxistac | – | 0.05 |
| Olaquindox | – | 0.04 |
| Chemical composition | ||
| Dry matter | 92.35 | 92.35 |
| Crude protein | 18.94 | 18.94 |
| Metabolisable energy, MJ/kg | 12.10 | 12.10 |
| Crude fat | 6.24 | 6.24 |
| Crude fibre | 4.18 | 4.18 |
| Calcium | 0.85 | 0.85 |
| Phosphorus | 0.56 | 0.56 |
| Sodium | 0.18 | 0.18 |
| Chloride | 0.30 | 0.30 |
| Potassium | 0.73 | 0.73 |
CON = negative control diet (commercial chicken grower diet without both antibiotics and probiotics in the water); ANTIB = positive control diet (commercial chicken grower diet with antibiotics [Coxistac & olaquindox] but no probiotics).