Table 1.

Composition of experimental finisher diets on dry matter basis for broilers.

Ingredients, %	1	2	3	4	5	6
Yellow corn	64.6	64.6	52.1	64.4	64.4	64.5
Soybean meal	28.4	28.4	26.0	28.4	28.4	28.4
Salt	0.42	0.42	0.33	0.42	0.42	0.42
Limestone	1.33	1.28	1.19	1.33	1.33	1.33
Dicalcium phosphate	1.05	1.05	0.8	1.05	1.05	1.05
Vit + Min. Premixa	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
DL-Methionine	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2
Lysine	0.1	0.1	0.18	0.1	0.1	0.1
Corn oil	2.5	2.5	5.9	2.5	2.5	2.5
Fish meal	1.2	1.2	3.0	1.2	1.2	1.2
Degraded date pits	0	0	10	0	0	0
Oxytetracycline	0	0.05	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mannan-oligosaccharides	0	0	0	0.2	0	0
Mannose	0	0	0	0	0.2	0.1
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100
Calculated and determined chemical composition (% of DM basis)
ME, MJ/kg diet	13.12	13.12	13.12	13.12	13.12	13.12
Crude protein	17.8	17.6	17.7	17.8	17.8	17.8
Methionine	0.47	0.47	0.49	0.47	0.47	0.47
Methionine + cysteine	0.86	0.86	0.84	0.86	0.86	0.86
Lysine	1.05	1.05	1.10	1.05	1.05	1.05
Threonine	0.71	0.71	0.73	0.71	0.71	0.71
Crude fiber	3.09	3.09	3.92	3.09	3.09	3.09
Calcium	0.82	0.82	0.80	0.82	0.82	0.82
Available phosphorus	0.39	0.39	0.38	0.39	0.39	0.39
Sodium	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20

DM, Dry matter;

^aSupplementary levels of vitamins and trace elements (per kg): Vitamin A, 5484 IU; Vitamin D₃, 2822 ICU; Vitamin E (as DL alpha-tocopherol acetate) 26 IU; Vitamin K (as menadione sodium bisulfite), 4.38 mg; thiamine, 5.94 mg; Riboflavin, 6.2 mg; Pyridoxine, 4.5 mg; Cyanocoblamine, 0.14 mg; Niacin (as nicotinic acid), 44.1 mg; D-pantothenic acid, 15 mg; Folic acid, 990 μg; Biotin, 0.23 mg; Iron, 120 mg; Copper, 8 mg; Manganese, 83 mg; Cobalt, 5 mg; Zinc, 60 mg; Iodine, 1.11 mg; Selenium, 300 μg. 1. corn soybean meal diet (Control +); 2. corn soybean meal diet + antibiotic (Control −); 3. corn soybean meal diet + 10% degraded date pits; 4. corn soybean meal diet + 0.2% mannan-oligosaccharides; 5. corn soybean meal diet + 0.2% Mannose; 6. corn soybean meal diet + 0.1% Mannose.