Table-1.
Ingredient composition and nutritive value of the experimental diet.
| Experimental diet* | Starter diet (0-21 days) | Finisher diet (22-35 days) | ||||||
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| T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | |
| Ingredient composition (%) | ||||||||
| Corn | 49.50 | 48.50 | 49.50 | 49.50 | 46.92 | 46.92 | 46.92 | 46.92 |
| Soybean meal (44%CP) | 36.50 | 36.32 | 35.96 | 35.60 | 30.90 | 30.72 | 30.36 | 30.00 |
| TABP1 | - | 1.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 | - | 1.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 |
| Defatted rice bran | 8.00 | 7.18 | 5.54 | 3.90 | 12.50 | 11.68 | 10.04 | 8.4 |
| Rice bran oil | 1.70 | 1.70 | 1.70 | 1.70 | 5.56 | 5.56 | 5.56 | 5.56 |
| Limestone (CaCO3) | 1.35 | 1.35 | 1.35 | 1.35 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.20 |
| DCP (18%P) | 2.10 | 2.10 | 2.10 | 2.10 | 1.90 | 1.90 | 1.90 | 1.90 |
| Choline Chloride-L | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| NaCl | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 |
| DL-Methionine (99%) | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.28 |
| L-lysine (98.5%) | - | - | - | - | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 |
| L-Threonine (98.5%) | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
| Premi×2 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Total | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| Nutritive value from laboratory analysis (%) | ||||||||
| Dry matter | 90.35 | 90.31 | 91.02 | 90.67 | 91.13 | 90.76 | 90.87 | 90.49 |
| Crude protein | 23.56 | 23.91 | 23.71 | 13.57 | 20.49 | 20.36 | 20.41 | 20.33 |
| Ether extract | 5.39 | 5.23 | 5.60 | 5.00 | 5.51 | 5.30 | 5.52 | 5.63 |
| Crude fiber | 4.26 | 4.19 | 4.51 | 4.49 | 3.54 | 3.79 | 4.87 | 4.90 |
| Ash | 8.11 | 7.93 | 7.36 | 6.35 | 6.82 | 7.10 | 6.61 | 7.31 |
| Gross energy (Kcal/kg) | 4079.30 | 4033.60 | 4012.30 | 4073.90 | 4089.60 | 4069.90 | 4148.90 | 4082.00 |
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T1: Ration without TABP, T2: Ration+10 g/kg TABP powder; T3: Ration+30 g/kg TABP powder, and T4: Ration+50 g/kg TABP powder. 1TABP=Trimmed asparagus by-products. 2Each one kilogram of vitamin-mineral premix contained 20.02 MIU of retinal palmitate, 9.10 MIU of cholecalciferol, 136.50 g of DL-3-tocopheryl acetate, 5.46 g of phylloquinone, 5.46 g of thiamine, 14.56 g of riboflavin, 27.30 g of Ca-D-pantothenate, 7.28 g of pyridoxine, 109.20 g of niacin, 3.64 g of folic acid, 29.12 mg of cobalamin, 237.00 mg of D-biotin, 120 g of manganese, 3.00 g of selenium, 1000 mg of zinc, 160.00 mg of copper, 400.00 mg of ferrous, 12.50 g of iodine. TABP=Trimmed asparagus by-products