Table 1.

Composition and calculated nutrient contents of control and treatment diets, as-is basis.

Items1	Control2	100 mg/kg2 curcumin	200 mg/kg2 curcumin
Ingredients %
Corn, grain	60.01	60.01	60.01
Soybean meal (48%)	34.15	34.15	34.15
Dicalcium phosphate	1.58	1.58	1.58
Soybean oil	1.53	1.53	1.53
Limestone	1.17	1.17	1.17
Common salt	0.35	0.35	0.35
DL-methionine	0.29	0.29	0.29
Vitamin Premix3	0.25	0.25	0.25
L-lysine-HCL	0.22	0.22	0.22
Mineral premix4	0.08	0.08	0.08
L-threonine	0.07	0.07	0.07
Cr2O3	0.30	0.30	0.30
Curcumin, mg/kg	0	100	200
Nutrients
ME, kcal/kg	3,010	3,010	3,010
Crude protein	21.25	21.25	21.25
Lysine %	1.32	1.32	1.32
Methionine %	0.63	0.63	0.63
TSAA %	0.98	0.98	0.98
Threonine %	0.86	0.86	0.86
Calcium %	0.90	0.90	0.90
Available phosphorus %	0.45	0.45	0.45

¹Control, 100 mg/kg curcumin, 200 mg/kg curcumin.

²All 3 diets: control, 100 mg/kg curcumin, 200 mg/kg curcumin were from same basal mix.

³Provided per kg of DSM Vitamin premix: Vit. A 2,204,586 IU, Vit. D₃ 200,000 ICU, Vit. E 2,000 IU, Vit. B12 2 mg, biotin 20 mg, menadione 200 mg, thiamine 400 mg, riboflavin 800 mg, d-pantothenic acid 2,000 mg, Vit. B6 400 mg, niacin 8,000 mg, folic acid 100 mg, choline 34,720 mg.

⁴Provided per kg of mineral premix: Ca 0.72 g, Mn 3.04 g, Zn 2.43 g, Mg 0.61 g, Fe 0.59 g, Cu 22.68 g, I 22.68 g, and Se 9.07 g.