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Table 1 Ingredients and chemical composition measured in the lab (if not specified otherwise) of the control (C) diets. These diets were supplemented with 0.2% chestnut wood (CN) extracts or 0.2% grape pomace (GP) extracts to obtain the CN and GP diets, respectively

From: Effect of the dietary supplementation with extracts of chestnut wood and grape pomace on performance and jejunum response in female and male broiler chickens at different ages

Period of administration

1-15 d

15-29 d

29 d to slaughtering

Ingredients

 Corn meal, %

56.60

59.25

63.15

 Soybean meal (CP 48%), %

34.50

30.00

24.60

 Toasted full-fat soybean meal, %

3.00

5.00

7.00

 Animal fat, %

2.50

2.50

2.50

 Dicalcium phosphate, %

1.00

0.50

0.25

 Calcium carbonate, %

0.92

1.33

1.30

 Sodium chloride, %

0.26

0.27

0.27

 L-lysine base, liquid (50%), %

0.25

0.24

0.16

 Methionine hydroxy analogue, %

0.31

0.28

0.23

 Vitamin-mineral premixa, %

0.30

0.30

0.30

 6-phytase (EC 3.1.3.26), %

0.20

0.20

0.20

 L-Threonine, %

0.11

0.08

0.04

 Coccidiostatb, %

0.05

0.05

0.00

Chemical composition

 Dry matter, %

89.2

89.2

89.3

 Crude protein, %

22.2

20.8

20.2

 Ether extract, %

5.4

5.5

6.4

 Crude fiber, %

1.3

1.2

1.8

 Ash, %

5.7

5.5

6.6

 Starch, %

41.1

43.3

40.2

 Calciumc, %

0.81

0.80

0.71

 Phosphorousc, %

0.58

0.47

0.42

 Digestible phosphorousc, %

0.34

0.24

0.18

 Digestible lysinec, %

1.32

1.23

1.05

 Digestible methionine + cysteinec, %

0.91

0.85

0.76

 Digestible threoninec, %

0.83

0.76

0.66

 Apparent metabolizable energyc, kcal/kg

2982

3045

3087

  1. aPremix provided per kg of feed: vit. A, 10,000 IU; vit. D3, 3500 IU; vit. E acetate, 90 mg; vit. K3, 6 mg; Biotin, 0.38 mg; Thiamine, 3.75 mg; Riboflavin, 8 mg; vit. B6, 5.75 mg; vit. B12, 0.1 mg; Niacin, 70 mg; Pantothenic acid, 17.5 mg; Folic acid, 2.25 mg; Fe, 45 mg; Cu, 10 mg; Mn, 70 mg; Zn, 65 mg; Se, 0.25 mg
  2. bSodium Monensin, 100 mg/kg feed
  3. cValues calculated according to FEDNA [21]