TABLE 1.

Feed ingredients of used diets during the starter (1st–21st days of age) and finisher (22nd–42nd days of age) periods

Treatment ingredient (%)	Starter (1st−21st days of age)					Finisher (22nd−42nd days of age)
Green tea powder	0	2.5	5.0	7.5	10.0	0	2.5	5.0	7.5	10.0
Corn	557.0	555.5	553.9	552.3	550.8	598.0	596.1	594.7	593.3	591.7
Soybean meal	370.9	369.8	368.9	368.0	366.9	323.3	322.5	321.4	320.1	319.2
Soybean oil	28.2	28.2	28.2	28.2	28.2	40.2	40.4	40.3	40.3	40.3
Di‐calcium phosphate	19.4	19.4	19.4	19.4	19.4	17.0	17.0	17.0	17.0	17.0
Carbonate calcium	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3
Vitamin mixture a	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
Mineral mixture b	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
NaCl	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Bicarbonate sodium	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.2	0.22	2.2	2.2	2.2
DL‐Methionine	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1
L‐Lysine‐Hydro‐Chloride	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0	0	0.1	0.2	0.2
Total	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000
Price (Rial/kg)	15,564	15,784	15,998	16,213	16,432	15,254	15,474	15,691	15,936	16,150

^aVitamin A: 1.65 mg/g (i.e., 5,000 IU/g); Vitamin D3: 0.0125 mg/g (i.e., 500 IU/g); Vitamin E: 3 mg/g (i.e., 3 IU/g); Vitamin K3: 1.5 mg/g; Vitamin B2: 1 mg/g

^bCalcium Pantothenate: 4 mg/g; Niacin: 15 mg/g; Vitamin B6: 13 mg/g; Cu: 3 mg/g; Zn: 15 mg/g; Mn: 20 mg/g; Fe: 10 mg/g; K: 0.3 mg/g