Effect of dietary supplementation with yeast cell wall extracts on performance and gut response in broiler chickens

Table 1 Chemical composition of experimental diets

Period of administration	1–14 d		15–28 d		29–44 d
Diet	Control	Yeast^a	Control	Yeast^b	Control	Yeast^c
Dry matter, g/kg	899	897	887	893	889	894
Crude protein, g/kg DM	231	236	221	214	183	183
Ether extract, g/kg DM	52.6	52.4	70.6	77.0	63.1	65.8
Crude fibre, g/kg DM	17.2	18.0	18.0	20.6	17.5	16.0
Ash, g/kg DM	74.3	71.3	74.7	78.1	62.9	61.5
N-free extracts, g/kg DM	625	623	616	611	674	674

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