Table 6.
The proximate chemical composition of the experimental diets (g/kg)
| Ingredients | Unit | Starter | Grower | Finisher | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RED | LED | RED | LED | RED | LED | ||
| Corn 7.25% Cp | g/kg | 530.0 | 513.0 | 580.0 | 560.0 | 640.0 | 600.0 |
| Soybean Meal 47% Cp | g/kg | 370.0 | 377.0 | 320.0 | 320.0 | 244.0 | 250.0 |
| Wheat bran 14.5% Cp | g/kg | – | 30.0 | – | 35.0 | – | 49.0 |
| Corn Gluten Meal 60% Cp | g/kg | 35.0 | 25.0 | 33.0 | 28.0 | 46.0 | 35.0 |
| Oil (Soya) – E76 | g/kg | 21.0 | 20. 0 | 29.0 | 19.0 | 33.0 | 30.0 |
| Dicalcium Phosphate Dcp 18% | g/kg | 20.0 | 11.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 15.5 | 14.5 |
| Calcium Carbonate – Limestone | g/kg | 7.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Dl Methionine 99% | g/kg | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.0 |
| Sodium Bicarbonate | g/kg | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Broiler Premix* | g/kg | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
| L-LYSINE Hcl 98% | g/kg | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| Salt | g/kg | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| L-Threonine 98.5% | g/kg | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Choline 60 Veg | g/kg | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Phytase enzyme | g/kg | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| CHEMICAL ANALYSIS | |||||||
| Moisture | % | 11.27 | 11.25 | 11.23 | 11.45 | 11.17 | 11.41 |
| Crude protein analysis | % | 23.83 | 23.86 | 21.68 | 21.74 | 19.33 | 19.37 |
| Lysine | g/kg | 14.63 | 14.77 | 13.28 | 13.37 | 11.52 | 11.60 |
| Methionine | g/kg | 7.25 | 7.29 | 6.18 | 6.15 | 5.98 | 6.10 |
| Methionine+cystine | g/kg | 10.84 | 10.88 | 9.51 | 9.50 | 9.04 | 9.17 |
| Threonine | g/kg | 9.95 | 9.97 | 9.12 | 9.13 | 7.84 | 7.85 |
| Tryptophan | g/kg | 2.78 | 2.85 | 2.49 | 2.54 | 2.08 | 2.16 |
| Arginine | g/kg | 15.35 | 15.63 | 13.77 | 13.94 | 11.62 | 11.95 |
| Valine | g/kg | 11.27 | 11.29 | 10.25 | 10.27 | 9.09 | 9.11 |
| Calcium | g/kg | 10.38 | 10.44 | 8.87 | 8.91 | 8.67 | 8.51 |
| Av. Phosphorus poultry | g/kg | 5.01 | 5.16 | 4.51 | 4.67 | 4.17 | 4.26 |
| Sodium | g/kg | 1.83 | 1.84 | 1.77 | 1.77 | 1.68 | 1.69 |
| Potassium | g/kg | 8.84 | 9.28 | 8.05 | 8.42 | 6.81 | 7.41 |
| Cl | g/kg | 2.34 | 2.33 | 2.34 | 2.35 | 2.50 | 2.48 |
| DEB | meq/kg | 237.68 | 239.83 | 214.76 | 213.01 | 175.12 | 175.51 |
| Crude fiber | % | 2.39 | 2.64 | 2.32 | 2.58 | 2.18 | 2.55 |
| ME poultry. (kcal/kg) | Kcal/kg | 3002.55 | 2884.01 | 3103.69 | 2983.29 | 3200.87 | 3083.78 |
*Premix per kg of diet: vitamin A, 1500 IU; vitamin D3, 200 IU; vitamin E, 10 mg; vitamin K3, 0.5 mg; thiamine, 1.8 mg; riboflavin, 3.6 mg; pantothenic acid, 10 mg; folicacid, 0.55 mg; pyridoxine, 3.5 mg; niacin, 35 mg; cobalamin, 0.01 mg; biotin, 0.15 mg; Fe, 80 mg; Cu, 8 mg; Mn, 60 mg; Zn, 40 mg; I, 0.35 mg; Se, 0.15 mg