Table 1.
Ingredients and chemical composition of the diets (% as fed).
| Items | Experimentl Diets 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control (C) |
Kapia Pepper (E1) |
Sea Buckthorn Pomace (E2) |
Carrot (E3) |
|
| Ingredients, % | ||||
| Corn | 50.00 | 50.00 | 50.00 | 50.00 |
| Soybean meal | 29.52 | 20.57 | 19.91 | 21.30 |
| Sunflower meal | 4.22 | 7.21 | 8.00 | 6.49 |
| Vegetable oil | 3.50 | 1.31 | 1.16 | 1.3 |
| Linseed meal | - | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Kapia pepper (dehydrated) | - | 2.00 | - | - |
| Sea buckthorn pomace (dehydrated) | - | - | 2.00 | - |
| Carrot (dehydrated) | - | - | - | 2.00 |
| DL-methionine | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.17 |
| L-lysine | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.02 |
| Calcium carbonate | 9.81 | 9.85 | 9.85 | 9.85 |
| Monocalcium phosphate | 1.40 | 1.42 | 1.42 | 1.42 |
| Salt | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 |
| Choline premix | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Vitamin-mineral premix 2 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Calculated analysis, % | ||||
| Metabolizable energy (MJ/kg) | 2780.00 | 2780.00 | 2780.00 | 2780.00 |
| Crude protein | 17.50 | 17.10 | 17.20 | 17.10 |
| Crude fat | 4.20 | 4.70 | 4.83 | 4.69 |
| Chemical analysis, % | ||||
| Fatty acids composition (% of total fat) | ||||
| ΣSFA | 28.81 | 22.30 | 25.02 | 25.82 |
| ΣMUFA | 34.82 | 29.79 | 32.93 | 34.04 |
| ∑ PUFA, from which: | 35.91 | 47.60 | 41.89 | 39.83 |
| Σ n-3 PUFA | 2.67 | 10.63 | 9.29 | 7.84 |
| ∑ n-6 PUFA | 33.24 | 36.98 | 32.60 | 31.99 |
| ∑ n-6/∑ n-3 | 12.45 | 3.48 | 3.51 | 4.08 |
| Carotenoid profile (mg/kg) | ||||
| Astaxanthin | 0.122 | 0.129 | 0.121 | 0.124 |
| Lutein | 0.309 | 0.429 | 0.329 | 0.314 |
| Zeaxanthin | 0.333 | 0.385 | 0.465 | 0.323 |
| Canthaxanthin | 0.125 | 0.154 | 0.127 | 0.128 |
| β-carotene | 0.056 | 0.218 | 0.231 | 0.719 |
| Total carotenoid, mg/kg | 0.945 | 1.315 | 1.273 | 1.608 |
1 C—Control diet; E1—diet supplemented with 6% linseed meal +2% dried kapia pepper; E2—diet supplemented with 6% linseed meal +2% dried sea buckthorn pomace; E3—diet supplemented with 6% linseed meal + 2% dried carrot; ΣSFA: sum of saturated fatty acids; ΣPUFA: sum of polyunsaturated fatty acids; Σ n-3 PUFA = C18:3n-3 + C18:4n-3; Σ n-6 PUFA = C18:2n-6 + C20:2n-6 + C20:3n-6 + C20:4n-6; n.d.= below detection level; “-” = no specific ingredient included. 2 Vitamin mineral premix added at 1% to the diet contained (per kg feed): 1,350,000 IU/kg vitamin A; 300,000 IU/kg vitamin D3; 2700 IU/kg vitamin E; 200 mg/kg vitamin K; 200 mg/kg vitamin B1; 480 mg/kg vitamin B2; 1485 mg/kg pantothenic acid; 2700 mg/kg nicotinic acid; 300 mg/kg vitamin B6; 4 mg/kg vitamin B7; 100 mg/kg vitamin B9; 1.8 mg/kg vitamin B12; 2500 mg/kg vitamin C; 7190 mg/kg manganese; 6000 mg/kg iron; 600 mg/kg copper; 6000 mg/kg zinc; 50 mg/kg cobalt; 114 mg/kg iodine; 18 mg/kg selenium.