Table 1.

Ingredient and chemical composition of control, nonviable Lactobacillus acidophilus (NVL), mixed prebiotics (MP), and MP + NVL diets

Ingredient	Amount
	%, as-is
	Control	NVL	MP	MP + NVL
Mechanically deboned chicken	18.95	18.95	18.95	18.95
Chicken meal	18.76	18.76	18.76	18.76
Brown rice	18.47	18.47	18.47	18.47
Barley	16.45	16.45	16.45	16.45
Pea starch	10.32	10.07	8.43	8.18
Chicken fat	5.67	5.67	5.67	5.67
Prebiotic package*	—	—	5.23	5.23
Powdered cellulose	3.98	3.98	0.65	0.65
Liquid digest	1.72	1.72	1.72	1.72
Pea protein	1.68	1.68	1.68	1.68
Fish meal	1.47	1.47	1.47	1.47
Powdered digest	0.86	0.86	0.86	0.86
Salt	0.49	0.49	0.49	0.49
Potassium chloride	0.41	0.41	0.41	0.41
NVL1	—	0.25	—	0.25
Vitamin premix	0.23	0.23	0.23	0.23
Mineral premix	0.23	0.23	0.23	0.23
Choline chloride	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15
Methionine (DL)	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.09
Mixed tocopherols	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06
Analyzed composition
Dry matter, %	92	92	92	92
Metabolizable energy, kcal/g	3.56	3.59	3.53	3.45
	%, DM
Organic matter	94	93	93	93
Crude fat	15.7	15.5	14.0	12.8
Crude protein	27.2	27.7	29.6	27.2
Total dietary fiber	11.1	10.2	10.7	10.9

¹Nonviable Lactobacillus acidophilus, TransAgra Inc., Storm Lake, IA.

*Overall target inclusion of prebiotic package was 5.23% including Beet pulp, La Budde, Bay City, MI; FOS, Cosucra groupe, Warcoing, Luxembourgh, Belgium; MOS, Alltech, Nicholasville, KY; Inulin, Beneo, Manheim, Germany; Kelp, Tasco, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.

All test diets were formulated at the expense of pea starch and cellulose to target equal protein, fat, and fiber across all diets.