Table 1. Diet formulation and calculated and analysed nutrient value of the control diet fed to broilers from days 0 to 21 and supplemented with carbohydrase enzymes or xylo-oligosaccharide.
| Ingredient | Control (g/kg) |
|---|---|
| Wheat | 244.9 |
| Wheat Bran | 144 |
| Corn | 100 |
| Wheat germ | 95 |
| Barley | 177.5 |
| Soybean meal | 161 |
| Soya oil | 30 |
| Salt | 3 |
| Limestone | 11 |
| Dicalcium Phosphate | 10 |
| Lysine HCl | 6 |
| Methionine | 2.5 |
| Threonine | 2.5 |
| Valine | 2.5 |
| Vitamin & Mineral premix | 5 |
| TiO Marker | 5 |
| Total | 1000.0 |
| Calculated content | Control (%) |
| ME (Kcal/kg) | 2890.12 |
| Crude Protein | 20.62 |
| Calcium | 0.76 |
| Phosphorus | 0.70 |
| nPP | 0.37 |
| Sodium | 0.14 |
| Chloride | 0.37 |
| Analysed nutrient content | Control (%) |
| DM | 87.8 |
| Sodium | 0.11 |
| Chloride | 0.36 |
| Calcium | 0.83 |
| Phosphorus | 0.61 |
| Nitrogen | 3.22 |
Note: Limestone contained 39.8% Ca; Dicalcium Phos contained 25.7% Ca and 17.5 P; The premix provided (units kg-1 diets): Vit A 16,000 iu; Vit D33,000 iu; Vit E 75 iu; Vit B1 3mg; Vit B2 10 mg; Vit B6 3mg; Vit B12 15 μg; Vit K3 5mg; Nicotinic acid 60mg; Pantothenic acid 14.5mg; Folic acid 1.5mg; Biotin 275 μg; Choline chloride 250 mg; Iron 20mg; Copper 10 mg; Manganese 100 mg; Cobalt 1 mg; Zinc 82mg; Iodine 1mg; Selenium 0.2mg; Molybdenum 0.5mg