Table 2.
Nutrient analysis of the control and canola meal broiler diets.
| Ingredient | Control | Canola Meal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | Grower | Finisher | Starter | Grower | Finisher | |
| Metabolizable energy (Mcal/kg) | 3.00 | 3.10 | 3.20 | 3.00 | 3.10 | 3.20 |
| Dry matter (%) | 90.49 | 90.73 | 90.53 | 91.11 | 91.49 | 90.70 |
| Crude fiber (%) | 3.81 | 3.57 | 3.33 | 4.46 | 4.97 | 3.97 |
| Acid detergent fiber (%) | 5.15 | 4.86 | 4.56 | 7.29 | 7.45 | 6.70 |
| Neutral detergent fiber (%) | 8.53 | 8.53 | 8.53 | 10.70 | 12.49 | 10.69 |
| Total protein (%) | 24.20 | 21.90 | 19.60 | 26.30 | 23.26 | 21.70 |
| Digestible protein (%) | 20.96 | 19.01 | 17.06 | 21.09 | 18.65 | 17.18 |
| Fat (%) | 4.41 | 5.27 | 6.13 | 6.89 | 7.76 | 8.60 |
| Calcium (%) | 1.01 | 0.91 | 0.82 | 1.01 | 0.91 | 0.82 |
| Available phosphorus (%) | 0.50 | 0.46 | 0.41 | 0.50 | 0.46 | 0.40 |
| Magnesium (%) | 0.25 | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.25 | 0.26 | 0.26 |
| Sodium (%) | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 |
| Linoleic acid (%) | 1.62 | 1.92 | 2.22 | 1.97 | 2.20 | 2.58 |
| Digestible arginine (%) | 1.48 | 1.32 | 1.16 | 1.49 | 1.29 | 1.17 |
| Digestible histidine (%) | 0.56 | 0.51 | 0.46 | 0.58 | 0.53 | 0.47 |
| Digestible isoleucine (%) | 0.95 | 0.85 | 0.76 | 0.93 | 0.82 | 0.74 |
| Digestible leucine (%) | 1.75 | 1.61 | 1.48 | 1.71 | 1.55 | 1.45 |
| Digestible lysine (%) | 1.34 | 1.21 | 1.07 | 1.34 | 1.21 | 1.07 |
| Digestible methionine (%) | 0.69 | 0.63 | 0.58 | 0.66 | 0.57 | 0.54 |
| Digestible cysteine (%) | 0.31 | 0.28 | 0.26 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.30 |
| Digestible phenylalanine (%) | 1.07 | 0.97 | 0.86 | 1.04 | 0.92 | 0.83 |
| Digestible threonine (%) | 0.90 | 0.81 | 0.71 | 0.90 | 0.81 | 0.71 |
| Digestible tryptophan (%) | 0.29 | 0.25 | 0.22 | 0.29 | 0.26 | 0.22 |
| Digestible valine (%) | 1.01 | 0.91 | 0.82 | 1.01 | 0.91 | 0.82 |