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. 2020 Apr 24;99(8):3959–3970. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.03.061

Table 2.

Calculated nutritional composition of the experimental diets for the ISA brown and Shaver white pullets, as fed basis.

Item1 Starter
Grower
Developer
Prelay
CON DMA FFF CON DMA FFF CON DMA FFF CON DMA FFF
Metabolizable energy, kcal/kg 2,900 2,900 2,900 2,800 2,800 2,800 2,700 2,700 2,700 2,700 2,700 2,700
 Crude protein, % 21.00 21.00 21.00 19.10 19.10 19.10 17.20 17.20 17.20 17.20 17.20 17.20
 Calcium, % 1.10 1.10 1.10 1.10 1.10 1.10 1.10 1.10 1.10 2.50 2.50 2.50
 Analyzed calcium, % 1.15 1.15 1.17 1.20 1.18 1.77 1.20 1.20 1.21 2.52 2.51 2.49
 Available phosphorus, % 0.48 0.48 0.48 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.44 0.44 0.44 0.45 0.45 0.45
 Analyzed phosphorus, % 0.79 0.79 0.79 0.71 0.71 0.71 0.80 0.80 0.79 0.83 0.83 0.84
 SID2 Lysine, % 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90
 SID Methionine, % 0.53 0.53 0.53 0.53 0.53 0.53 0.54 0.54 0.54 0.54 0.54 0.54
 SID Methionine + cystine, % 0.78 0.78 0.78 0.76 0.76 0.76 0.76 0.76 0.76 0.76 0.76 0.76
 SID Threonine, % 0.67 0.67 0.67 0.66 0.66 0.66 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60
 SID Tryptophan, % 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.18
 Sodium, % 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.18
 Chloride, % 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20
 ∑n-3, % 0.07 0.31 0.33 0.13 0.35 0.36 0.11 0.30 0.31 0.11 0.31 0.31
 ∑n-6, % 1.63 1.64 1.69 1.82 1.66 1.73 1.54 1.26 1.35 1.69 1.41 1.50
 ∑n-6: ∑n-3 23.29 5.29 5.12 14.00 4.74 4.81 14.00 4.20 4.35 15.36 4.55 4.84

Abbreviations: CON, control; DMA, dried microalgae; FFF, full-fat flaxseed.

1

The analyzed fatty acids profile is presented in Akbari Moghaddam Kakhki et al. (2020b).

2

Standardized ileal digestible.