Table 1.
Ingredients and chemical composition of the diet fed during the trial
| Ingredients: chicken (chicken 26%, total poultry 39%): maize, poultry meat meal, maize gluten meal, animal fat, digest, vegetable oil, minerals, beet pulp, flaxseed, rice, vitamins and trace elements. With natural preservatives and antioxidants. | |
| Analytical constituents | |
| Dry matter | |
| Protein | 23.80% |
| Fat | 16.40% |
| Carbohydrate (NFE) | 52.80% |
| Fibre (crude) | 1.80% |
| Calcium | 0.81% |
| Phosphorus | 0.70% |
| Sodium | 0.31% |
| Potassium | 0.75% |
| Magnesium | 0.09% |
| Omega-3 fatty acids | 0.51% |
| Omega-6 fatty acids | 3.70% |
| Vitamin A | 7180 iu/kg |
| Vitamin D | 797 iu/kg |
| Vitamin E | 656 mg/kg |
| Vitamin C | 98 mg/kg |
| Beta-carotene | 1.6 mg/kg |
| ME | 3750 kcal/kg |
ME, metabolisable energy; NFE, nitrogen-free extract.