Table 1.
Ingredients and calculated nutrients of broiler starter and finisher diets.
| Ingredient | Starter (1–15 d)¥ |
Finisher (15–35 d)¥ |
|---|---|---|
| % | % | |
| Yellow corn | 57.20 | 62.79 |
| Soybean meal | 30.00 | 25.90 |
| Corn gluten meal | 6.00 | 4.00 |
| Choline chloride | 0.05 | 0.00 |
| Corn oil | 2.18 | 3.54 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 2.30 | 2.00 |
| Limestone | 0.70 | 0.57 |
| Salt | 0.40 | 0.30 |
| DL-methionine | 0.18 | 0.135 |
| Lysine-HCL | 0.32 | 0.22 |
| Threonine | 0.10 | 0.11 |
| Vitamin-Mineral premix1 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
| Calculated analysis | ||
| ME, kcal/kg | 3,000 | 3,150 |
| Crude protein, % | 23.0 | 20.0 |
| Available phosphorus,% | 0.48 | 0.42 |
| Calcium, % | 0.96 | 0.85 |
| D. Lysine, % | 1.28 | 1.10 |
| Sulfur amino acids, % | 0.85 | 0.85 |
| Threonine, % | 0.86 | 0.60 |
For the starter period: T1, Control group; T2, control + avilamycin at the rate of 0.10 g/kg; T3, control + plant extract in dried form at the rate of 0.20 g/kg; T4, control + plant extract in liquid form at the rate of 0.25 mL/L; and T5, control + Sangrovit Extra at the rate of 0.15 g/kg. For the finisher period: T1, control; T2, infected with S. typhimurium; T3, infected + avilamycin at the rate of 0.1 g/kg; T4, infected + plant extract in dried form at the rate of 0.02 g/kg; T5, infected + plant extract in liquid form at the rate of 0.25 mL/L; and T6, infected + Sangrovit Extra at the rate of 0.15 g/kg.
Vitamin-mineral premix contains the following per kg: vitamin A, 12,000,000 IU; vitamin D3, 5,000,000 IU; vitamin E, 80,000 IU; vitamin K3, 3,200 mg; vitamin B1, 3,200 mg; vitamin B2, 8,600 mg; vitamin B3, 65,000 mg; pantothenic acid, 20,000 mg; vitamin B6, 4,300 mg; biotin 220 mg; antioxidants (BHA + BHT), 50,000 mg; B9, 2,200 mg; B12, 17 mg; copper, 16,000 mg; iodine, 1,250 mg; iron, 20,000 mg; manganese, 120,000 mg; selenium, 300 mg, and zinc, 110,000 mg.