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Table 1 Ingredient and nutrient composition of experimental broiler diets

From: Molecular mechanisms of growth depression in broiler chickens (Gallus Gallus domesticus) mediated by immune stress: a hepatic proteome study

 

Starter (1–21 d), g/kg

Grower (22–42 d), g/kg

Ingredient

 Corn

593.1

604.2

 Soybean meal

298.8

288.7

 Cotton seed meal

50.0

30.0

 Soybean oil

15.1

39.8

 L-Lysine

1.5

0.9

 DL-Methionine

1.4

1.6

 Limestone

12.7

10.2

 CaHPO4

19.4

16.6

 NaCl

3.0

3.0

 Choline chloride

2.0

2.0

 Vitamin premix

0.3

0.3

 Mineral premixa

1.0

1.0

 Zeolite powder

1.7

1.7

 Total

1000

1000

Nutrient concentrationsb

 Metabolic energy, MJ/kg

12.35

13.02

 Crude protein

211.8

198.4

 Calcium

10.1

8.5

 Available phosphorus

4.5

4.0

 Total phosphorus

6.9

6.3

 Lysine

11.4

10.5

 Methionine

4.9

4.8

 Methionine + Cysteine

8.3

8.1

 Threonine

7.7

2.2

  1. aThe premix provided the following per kg diet: vitamin A 10, 000 IU, vitamin D3 2,000 IU, vitamin E 10 IU, vitamin K3 2.5 mg, vitamin B1 1 mg, vitamin B2 6 mg, vitamin B3 10 mg, vitamin B5 40 mg, vitamin B6 3 mg, vitamin B11 0.3 mg, vitamin B12 0.01 mg, biotin 0.12 mg, Cu (as copper sulfate) 8 mg, Fe (as ferrous sulfate) 80 mg, Mn (as manganese sulfate) 60 mg, Zn (as zinc sulfate) 40 mg, Se (as sodium selenite) 0.15 mg, I (as potassium iodide) 0.35 mg
  2. bCalculated values