Dietary supplementation of dried plum: a novel strategy to mitigate heat stress in broiler chickens

Table 1 Ingredients and nutrient composition of the experimental diets

	Starter		Finisher
Ingredients, %	Standard	With DP	Standard	With DP
Corn	54.86	53.36	63.14	61
SBM	39.5	38.5	29.6	29
Dried plum	0	2.5	0	2.5
Soybean oil	2	2	4.5	4.74
Limestone	1.27	1.27	0.85	0.85
Monocalcium phosphate	0.75	0.75	0.5	0.5
Lysine	0.23	0.23	0.18	0.18
Methionine	0.14	0.14	0.12	0.12
Threonine	0.2	0.2	0.16	0.16
NaCl	0.43	0.43	0.35	0.35
Sodium bicarbonate	0.12	0.12	0.1	0.1
Vitamin + Mineral mix*	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Calculated nutrient contents, %
MEn, kcal/kg	2909	2903	3203	3207
CP	22.09	21.96	18.07	18.08
Ca	0.75	0.75	0.52	0.52
Total P	0.57	0.56	0.47	0.46
dig P	0.30	0.30	0.23	0.23
Lysine	1.39	1.36	1.10	1.08
Methionine	0.48	0.47	0.41	0.41
Cystine	0.43	0.41	0.38	0.37
Threonine	1.03	1.01	0.85	0.83
Tryptophan	0.33	0.32	0.26	0.25
Methionine + Cysteine	0.91	0.89	0.8	0.78
Arginine	1.61	1.57	1.31	1.28
Valine	1.22	1.19	1.03	1.00
Isoleucine	0.93	0.91	0.76	0.75
Leucine	1.89	1.84	1.63	1.59
Choline, mg/kg	1419	1382	1200	1170
dig Lys	1.25	1.22	0.99	0.97
dig Met	0.45	0.45	0.39	0.38
dig Thr	0.85	0.83	0.69	0.68
NDF	9.13	8.89	8.78	8.53
CF	3.97	4.29	3.46	3.8
Na	0.22	0.22	0.18	0.18
Cl	0.30	0.30	0.25	0.25

*Providing the following (per kg of diet): vitamin A (trans-retinyl acetate), 10,000 IU; vitamin D₃ (cholecalciferol), 3000 IU; vitamin E (all-rac-tocopherol-acetate), 30 mg; vitamin B₁, 2 mg; vitamin B₂, 8 mg; vitamin B₆, 4 mg; vitamin B₁₂ (cyanocobalamin), 0.025 mg; vitamin K₃ (bisulphatemenadione complex), 3 mg; choline (choline chloride), 250 mg; nicotinic acid, 60 mg; pantothenic acid (D-calcium pantothenate), 15 mg; folic acid, 1.5 mg; betaíne anhydrous, 80 mg; D-biotin, 0.15 mg; zinc (ZnO), 80 mg; manganese (MnO), 70 mg; iron (FeCO₃), 60 mg; copper (CuSO₄·5H₂O), 8 mg; iodine (KI), 2 mg; selenium (Na₂SeO₃), 0.2 mg

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