Table 1.

Composition and calculated chemical analysis of experimental starter diets on dry matter basis for broilers.

Ingredients,%	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6
Yellow corn	55.4	55.35	44.6	55.2	55.3	55.2
Soybean meal	36	36	33.25	36	36	36
Salt	0.4	0.4	0.38	0.4	0.4	0.4
Limestone	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1
Di-calcium phosphate	1.56	1.56	1.2	1.56	1.56	1.56
Vit. + Min. Premixa	1	1	1	1	1	1
DL-methionine	0.24	0.24	0.25	0.24	0.24	0.24
Lysine	0	0	0.1	0	0	0
Corn oil	2	2	5.02	2	2	2
Fish meal	2.3	2.3	3.1	2.3	2.3	2.3
Oxytetracycline	0	0.05	0	0	0	0
Degraded date pits	0	0	10	0	0	0
Mannan-oligosaccharides	0	0	0	0.2	0	0
Mannose	0	0	0	0	0.2	0.1
Calculated and determined chemical composition (% of DM basis)
ME, MJ/kg diet	12.82	12.82	12.95	12.90	12.74	12.69
Crude protein	21.33	21.33	21.2	21.30	21.12	21.30
Methionine	0.46	0.46	0.45	0.45	0.44	0.45
Methionine + cysteine	0.85	0.85	0.95	0.97	0.87	0.89
Lysine	1.07	1.07	1.33	1.29	1.17	1.15
Threonine	0.85	0.85	0.87	0.88	0.86	0.86
Crude fiber	3.36	3.36	4.19	4.36	3.0	3.36
Calcium	0.89	0.89	0.92	0.90	0.92	0.94
Available phosphorus	0.46	0.46	0.45	0.4	0.51	0.55
Sodium	0.21	0.21	0.22	0.20	0.21	0.21

T1, Positive control; T2, Negative control; T3, CSBD + 10% DDP; T4, CSBD + 0.2% MOS; T5, CSBD + 0.2% mannose; T6, CSBD + 0.1% mannose.

^aSupplementary levels of vitamins and trace elements (per Kg):Vitamin A, 5,484 IU; Vitamin D₃, 2,822 IU; Vitamin E (as DL alpha-tocopherol acetate) 26 IU; Vitamin K (as menadione sodiumbisulfite), 4.38 mg; Thiamine, 5.94 mg; Riboflavin, 6.2 mg; Pyridoxine, 4.5 mg; Cyanocobalamin, 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. CSBD, corn-soy basal diet.