Evaluation of curcumin and copper acetate against Salmonella Typhimurium infection, intestinal permeability, and cecal microbiota composition in broiler chickens

Table 1 Ingredient composition and nutrient content of a basal starter diet used in the experiment on as-fed basis

Item	Corn soybean-based diet
Ingredients, %
Corn	57.34
Soybean meal	34.66
Poultry fat	3.45
Dicalcium phosphate	1.86
Calcium carbonate	0.99
Salt	0.38
DL-Methionine	0.33
L-Lysine HCl	0.31
Threonine	0.16
Vitamin premix^a	0.20
Mineral premix^b	0.10
Choline chloride 60%	0.20
Calculated analysis
Metabolizable energy, kcal/kg	3035
Crude protein, %	22.16
Ether extract, %	5.68
Lysine, %	1.35
Methionine, %	0.64
Methionine + cystine, %	0.99
Threonine, %	0.92
Tryptophan, %	0.28
Total calcium, %	0.90
Available phosphorus, %	0.45
Determined analysis
Crude protein, %	21.15
Ether extract, %	6.05
Calcium, %	0.94
Phosphorus, %	0.73

^aVitamin premix supplied per kg of diet: retinol, 6 mg; cholecalciferol, 150 μg; DL-α-tocopherol, 67.5 mg; menadione, 9 mg; thiamine, 3 mg; riboflavin, 12 mg; pantothenic acid, 18 mg; niacin, 60 mg; pyridoxine, 5 mg; folic acid, 2 mg; biotin, 0.3 mg; cyanocobalamin, 0.4 mg
^bMineral premix supplied per kg of diet: Mn, 120 mg; Zn, 100 mg; Fe, 120 mg; copper, 10 to 15 mg; iodine, 0.7 mg; selenium, 0.2 mg; and cobalt, 0.2 mg

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