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Table 1 Ingredient and nutrient levels of the experimental diets (air-dried basis)

From: Dietary oregano essential oil supplementation improves intestinal functions and alters gut microbiota in late-phase laying hens

Ingredients, %

 

Nutrient levels, %b

 

Corn

61.00

Metabolizable energy, MJ/kg

11.27

Soybean meal

23.86

Crude protein

16.50

Soybean oil

1.20

Calcium

3.47

Wheat bran

3.35

Available phosphorus

0.27

NaCl

0.15

Lysine

0.81

Na2SO4

0.20

Methionine

0.37

CaHPO4

0.90

Methionine+cystine

0.65

Limestone

8.90

  

Premixa

0.20

  

Choline

0.12

  

DL-Methionine

0.12

  

Total

100.00

  
  1. a Premix provided the following per kg of the diet: vitamin A, 12,500 IU; vitamin D3, 4125 IU; vitamin E, 15 IU; vitamin K, 2 mg; thiamine, 1 mg; riboflavin, 8.5 mg; calcium pantothenate, 11 mg; niacin, 32.5 mg; pyridoxine, 8 mg; biotin, 0.5 mg; folic acid, 1.25 mg; vitamin B12, 0.02 mg; Mn, 65 mg; I, 1 mg; Fe, 60 mg; Cu, 8 mg; Zn, 66 mg; phytase, 500 mg
  2. b The nutrient levels were calculated values
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Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

ISSN: 2049-1891