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Table 1 The composition of ingredients and nutrient content of diets supplemented with xylanase and xylooligosachharides and fed in different phases to broiler from d 0-42 (as-fed basis, g/kg unless otherwise indicated)

From: Effects of supplemental xylanase and xylooligosaccharides on production performance and gut health variables of broiler chickens

 

Inclusion levelb

Starter

Grower

Finisher

(d 0-14)

(d 15-28)

(d 29-42)

Ingredients, g/kg

 Corn

572.70

613.70

641.50

 SBM-48

360.00

320.00

290.00

 Soybean oil

28.00

31.00

37.00

 Limestone

14.00

14.00

13.00

 Monocalcium phosphate

9.00

6.50

5.00

 Lysine

3.50

3.00

2.50

 Methionine

2.50

1.90

1.40

 Threonine

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Nacl

3.00

2.80

2.50

 Sodium bicarbonate

1.20

1.00

1.00

 Vitamin+mineral mixa

5.00

5.00

5.00

 Phytase

0.10

0.10

0.10

Calculated content, g/kg

 ME, MJ/kg

12.83

13.11

13.43

 Crude protein

222.80

204.77

190.85

 NDF

79.20

79.61

79.65

 Crude fat

26.64

25.98

25.42

 dig Lys

13.50

12.13

11.00

 digMet

5.61

4.84

4.22

 dig Thr

7.54

7.01

6.61

 Trp

3.01

2.74

2.53

 Meth+Cysteine

10.20

9.26

8.48

 Arg

15.28

14.08

13.17

 Val

10.86

10.17

9.65

 Ile

9.29

8.56

8.01

 Leu

19.19

18.11

17.26

 Ca

9.40

8.85

8.12

 Total P

7.23

6.57

6.15

 Available P

4.55

3.99

3.65

 Na

2.01

1.87

1.75

 Cl

2.22

2.09

1.91

 Choline

1.34

1.25

1.19

Analyzed composition, as is, g/kg

 DM

877.6

876.2

882.0

 Gross energy, MJ/kg

15.86

16.11

16.4

 Crude protein

227.82

210.91

192.95

 Crude fat

31.10

37.77

52.78

 Crude fiber

22.93

22.44

22.00

 ADF

34.46

33.09

39.60

 NDF

77.25

78.13

85.97

 Ash

53.14

48.27

46.82

  1. aProvides following nutrients (per kg of diet): vitamin A (trans-retinyl acetate), 10,000 IU; vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), 3,000 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), 3mg; 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.
  2. bThe basal diets in all phases were top-dressed with the combination of 3 levels of xylanase (0 BXU/kg, 8,000 BXU/kg and 16,000 BXU/kg) and 3 levels of xylooligosaccharides (0 g/t, 50 g/t and 100 g/t) to yield 9 treatments