Dietary supplementation of bilberry anthocyanin on growth performance, intestinal mucosal barrier and cecal microbes of chickens challenged with Salmonella Typhimurium

Table 1 Ingredients and nutrient levels of the basal diets

Item	Day 1 to 28	Day 29 to 60
Ingredient, %
Corn	59.20	67.75
Corn gluten	3.00	1.30
Soybean meal	31.00	25.14
Soybean oil	2.30	2.00
DL-Methionine	0.10	0.11
L-Lysine HCl	0.20	0.10
Limestone	0.85	1.05
Monocalcium phosphate	1.85	1.05
Zeolite powder	0.20	0.20
NaCl	0.30	0.30
Premix^a	1.00	1.00
Nutrient levels^b, % or indicated units
Metabolic energy, MJ/kg	11.91	12.12
Crude protein	21.00	17.50
Lysine	1.16	0.93
Methionine	0.43	0.39
Methionine + cystine	0.78	0.69
Calcium	0.85	0.72
Total phosphorus	0.69	0.53
Non-phytate phosphorus	0.40	0.26

^aPremix provided the per kilogram of diets during 1 to 28, and 29 to 60 days of age as reference to previous research [14]
^bThe nutrient levels were calculated values

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