Table 1. Ingredient composition and nutritive value of experimental diet.
| Experimental dieta | Starter diet (0–21 days) | Finisher diet (22–35 days) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | |
| Ingredient composition (kg/ton) | ||||||||
| Maize | 495.00 | 495.00 | 495.00 | 495.00 | 469.20 | 469.20 | 469.20 | 469.20 |
| Soybean meal (44%CP) | 365.00 | 363.20 | 359.60 | 356.00 | 309.00 | 307.20 | 303.60 | 300.00 |
| TABPb | - | 10.00 | 30.00 | 50.00 | - | 10.00 | 30.00 | 50.00 |
| Probioticsc | - | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | - | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Defatted rice bran | 80.00 | 71.80 | 55.40 | 39.00 | 125.00 | 116.80 | 100.40 | 84.00 |
| Rice bran oil | 17.00 | 17.00 | 17.00 | 17.00 | 55.60 | 55.60 | 55.60 | 55.60 |
| Limestone (CaCO3) | 13.50 | 13.50 | 13.50 | 13.50 | 12.00 | 12.00 | 12.00 | 12.00 |
| DCP (18%P) | 21.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 | 19.00 | 19.00 | 19.00 | 19.00 |
| Choline Chloride-L | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 |
| NaCl | 1.40 | 1.40 | 1.40 | 1.40 | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.30 |
| DL-Methionine(99%) | 3.40 | 3.40 | 3.40 | 3.40 | 2.80 | 2.80 | 2.80 | 2.80 |
| L-lysine (98.5%) | - | - | - | - | 2.20 | 2.20 | 2.20 | 2.20 |
| L-Threonine (98.5%) | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.60 |
| Premixd | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Total (ton) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nutritive value from laboratory analysis (%) | ||||||||
| Moisture | 9.65 | 9.69 | 8.98 | 9.33 | 8.87 | 9.24 | 9.13 | 9.51 |
| Organic matter | 91.89 | 92.07 | 92.64 | 93.65 | 93.18 | 92.9 | 93.39 | 92.69 |
| Crude protein | 23.56 | 23.91 | 23.71 | 23.57 | 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 | 4.31 | 4.49 | 3.54 | 3.79 | 4.87 | 4.90 |
| Gross energy (Kcal/kg) | 4,079.30 | 4,033.60 | 4,012.30 | 4,073.90 | 4,089.60 | 4,069.90 | 4,148.90 | 4,082.00 |
T1: ration without TABP, T2: ration + 10 gm/kg TABP powder; T3: ration + 30 gm/kg TABP powder, and T4: ration + 50 gm/kg TABP powder.
TABP = Trimmed asparagus by-products.
probiotics used in this experiment consisted of Lactobacillus acidophilus (1.0 × 1010 cfu/gm), Lactobacillus plantarum (1.0 × 1010 cfu/gm), Pediococcus pentosaceus (1.0 × 109 cfu/gm), Streptococcus faecium (1.0 × 1010 cfu/gm), S. cerevisiae (10 × 109 cfu/gm), Bacillus subtilis (1.0 × 1010 cfu/gm), and Bacillus licheniformis (1.0 × 1010 cfu/gm) and an added carrier to complete 1 kg.
Each 1 kg of vitamin–mineral premix contained 20.02 MIU of retinal palmitate, 9.10 MIU of cholecalciferol, 136.50 gm of DL-3-tocopheryl acetate, 5.46 gm of phylloquinone, 5.46 gm of thiamine, 14.56 gm of riboflavin, 27.30 gm of Ca-D-pantothenate, 7.28 gm of pyridoxine, 109.20 gm of niacin, 3.64 gm of folic acid, 29.12 mg of cobalamin, 237.00 mg of D-biotin, 120 gm of manganese, 3.00 gm of selenium, 1,000 mg of zinc, 160.00 mg of copper, 400.00 mg of ferrous, and 12.50 gm of iodine.