TABLE 1.

Composition of the basal broiler diet used in this study.

Ingredient1,2	(%)
Corn	59.36
Soybean meal	32.85
Meat and bone meal (50%)	2.50
Poultry oil	2.01
Sodium chloride	0.38
Sodium bicarbonate	0.00
Limestone	0.80
Dicalcium phosphate	1.13
Vitamin premix	0.10
Mineral premix	0.10
Choline chloride	0.10
Selenium premix (0.6%)	0.02
Santoquin	0.02
L-Lysine HCL	0.17
DL-Methionine	0.30
L-Threonine	0.11
Copper chloride	0.02
Xylanase	0.01
Phytase	0.02
Total	100.00

¹Ingredient nutrient composition was analyzed before formulating the diet.

²Metabolizable energy (kcal/kg) was 2977.