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. 2020 Dec 21;16:488. doi: 10.1186/s12917-020-02712-w

Correction to: Are the energy matrix values of the different feed additives in broiler chicken diets could be summed?

Abdallah E Metwally 1, Ahmed A A Abdel-Wareth 2, Ahmed A Saleh 3, Shimaa A Amer 1,
PMCID: PMC7754565  PMID: 33349251

Correction to: BMC Vet Res (2020) 16:391

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-020-02600-3

Following the publication of the original manuscript [1], errors were determined in the data of Table 4. The corrected table can be viewed ahead.

Table 4.

The proximate composition of the experimental diets (%)

Ingredients Starter period (0-10d) Grower period (11-22d) Finisher period (23-35d)
T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7
Corn 55.8 56.5 56.8 57.03 55.97 55.94 55.39 63.99 64.34 64.88 64.84 63.78 63.75 60.14 67.70 68.80 68.72 69.28 66.68 66.77 67.21
Soybean meal, 48 %CP 28.7 32.0 28.7 27.99 35.92 35.80 39.69 23.77 27.95 24.02 23.90 31.82 31.72 35.43 21.33 23.65 21.27 19.67 27.57 27.43 28.99
Corn gluten meal, 60% CP 9.90 6.90 9.80 10.27 3.65 3.76 0.52 6.85 3.22 6.50 6.61 0.00 0.09 0.00 5.38 3.24 5.28 6.57 1.50 1.50 0.00
Dicalcium Phosphate 1.63 1.64 1.63 1.63 1.65 1.64 1.65 1.39 1.40 1.39 1.39 1.41 1.41 1.39 1.25 1.25 1.24 1.24 1.24 1.24 1.25
Limestone 1.11 1.08 1.11 1.12 1.05 1.05 1.02 0.91 0.88 0.91 0.91 0.85 0.85 0.82 0.90 0.88 0.90 0.91 0.85 0.85 0.84
Phytase Enzyme 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.005
Soybean oil 1.50 0.50 0.60 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 1.80 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 2.22 1.00 1.34 1.01 1.00 1.00 0.50
Premix * 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30
Salt (NaCl) 0.18 0.21 0.18 0.17 0.24 0.24 0.27 0.20 0.24 0.20 0.20 0.27 0.27 0.29 0.21 0.23 0.22 0.20 0.27 0.27 0.28
Sodium bicarbonate 0.25 0.21 0.25 0.26 0.17 0.17 0.13 0.23 0.18 0.23 0.23 0.15 0.14 0.21 0.21 0.19 0.21 0.23 0.25 0.25 0.25
L-Lysine HCl 0.4 0.31 0.4 0.41 0.21 0.21 0.12 0.32 0.22 0.32 0.32 0.12 0.12 0.11 0.28 0.22 0.28 0.32 0.11 0.12 0.08
DL-Methionine 0.21 0.23 0.21 0.21 0.25 0.25 0.28 0.18 0.21 0.18 0.18 0.23 0.23 0.20 0.17 0.18 0.17 0.16 0.18 0.18 0.19
Therionine 0.05 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.05 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.03 0.03 0 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.01 0.01 0.01
NSP Enzyme - 0.02 - - 0.02 0.02 0.02 - 0.02 - - 0.02 0.02 0.02 - 0.02 - - 0.02 0.02 0.02
LYSOFORTE® - - 0.025 - 0.025 - 0.025 - - 0.025 - 0.025 - 0.025 - - 0.025 - 0.025 - 0.025
CreAMINO® - - - 0.06 - 0.06 0.06 - - - 0.06 - 0.06 0.06 - - - 0.06 - 0.06 0.06

*Premix per kg of diet: vitamin A, 1 500 IU; vitamin D3, 200 IU; vitamin E, 10 mg; vitamin K3, 0.5 mg; thiamine, 1.8 mg; riboflavin, 3.6 mg; pantothenic acid, 10 mg; folic acid, 0.55 mg; pyridoxine, 3.5 mg; niacin, 35 mg; cobalamin, 0.01 mg; biotin, 0.15 mg; Fe, 80 mg; Cu, 8 mg; Mn, 60 mg; Zn, 40 mg; I, 0.35 mg; Se, 0.15 mg

T1: Control group "basal diet with no additives (breeder recommendation (BR)). T2: Basal diet minus 100 kcal/kg supplemented with 0.02% NSP-degrading enzyme (NSP). T3: Basal diet minus 50 kcal/kg supplemented with 0.025% emulsifier (LYSOFORTE®). T4: Basal diet minus 50 kcal/kg supplemented with 0.06% guanidinoacetic acid (CreAMINO®). T5: Basal diet minus 150 kcal/kg supplemented with a mixture of NSP and LYSOFORTE® (NSPL), T6: Basal diet minus 100 kcal/kg supplemented with a mixture of NSP and CreAMINO® (NSPC). T7: Basal diet minus 200 kcal/kg supplemented with a mixture of NSP, LYSO, and CreAMINO® (NSPLC)

Reference

  • 1.Metwally AE, et al. Are the energy matrix values of the different feed additives in broiler chicken diets could be summed? BMC Vet Res. 2020;16:391. doi: 10.1186/s12917-020-02600-3. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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