Table 2.

Ingredient composition and nutrient levels of experimental diets (%).

	Dietary Treatments
Item	Starter				Grower
	C	CV10%	CV15%	CV20%	C	CV10%	CV15%	CV20%
Ingredients (%)
Premix	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
Salt	0.35	0.35	0.35	0.35	0.35	0.35	0.35	0.35
Corn	43.00	45.36	46.13	46.51	50.18	52.00	52.71	53.42
Soybean Meal	48.00	39.00	34.00	29.2	41.5	31.56	26.61	21.7
C. vulgaris powder	0	10	15	20	0	10	15	20
Sunflower Oil	3.5	1.64	0.75	0.00	4.80	2.89	1.99	1.10
DL-Methionine	0.13	0.18	0.21	0.24	0.11	0.16	0.19	0.21
L-Lysine	0.00	0.13	0.30	0.47	0.00	0.15	0.31	0.47
Calcium Carbonate	1.2	1.5	1.65	1.8	1.06	1.37	1.53	1.67
Dicalcium Phosphate	1.9	1.44	1.22	1.03	1.6	1.13	0.91	0.68

Dietary treatments: C: control, corn-soybean basal diet; CV10%, basal diet plus 10% C. vulgaris; CV15%, basal diet plus 15% C. vulgaris; CV20%, basal diet plus 20% C. vulgaris. Premix provided the following per kilogram of diet: pantothenic acid 10 mg, vitamin D₃ 2400 IU, cyanocobalamin 0.02 mg, folic acid 1 mg, vitamin K₃ 2 mg, nicotinic acid 25 mg, vitamin B₆ 2 mg, vitamin A 10,000 UI, vitamin B₁ 2 mg, vitamin E 30 mg, vitamin B₂ 4 mg, Cu 8 mg, Fe 50 mg, I 0.7 mg, Mn 60 mg, Se 0.18 mg, Zn 40 mg.