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Table 4 Ingredient and nutrient composition of the basal diets

From: Combined modulatory effects of dietary arginine and olive leaf phenolic extract on growth performance and immune functions of broiler chickens, and meat antioxidant potential during frozen storage

Ingredient (%)

Starter

(1–10 d)

Grower

(11–20 d)

Finisher

(21–35 d)

Soybean meal

34.7

30.85

25.65

Corn

58.8

61.40

62.52

Soybean oil

1.8

3.1

4.1

Common salt

0.30

0.30

0.30

Dicalcium phosphate

1.50

1.20

1.50

Calcium carbonate

1.50

1.50

1.50

L-Lysine HCL (Lysin, 78%)

0.35

0.31

0.28

L-Arginine (98.5%)

0.15

0.12

0.10

DL-Methionine (Methionine, 99%)

0.15

0.15

0.15

Anti-mycotoxin

0.10

0.10

0.10

Choline chloride

0.20

0.20

0.20

Premix*

0.90

0.90

0.90

Nutrient composition

   

CF (%)

2.60

2.61

6.2

EE (%)

4.25

5.59

2.6

CP (%)

23.05

20.46

19.48

Lysine (%)

1.43

1.30

1.18

Methionine (%)

0.48

0.46

0.43

Arginine (%)

1.50

1.36

1.23

Arginine/ lysine

1.05

1.05

1.04

Available phosphorus (%)

0.67

0.4

0.4

Ca (%)

1.30

0.93

0.87

Metabolizable energy (kcal/kg)

3005

3101

3202

  1. * Vitamin premix provided for each kilogram of diet: Zn (sulfate and oxide), 120 mg; Cu (sulfate), 14 mg; Fe (sulfate), 100 mg; Mn (sulfate and oxide), 30 mg; Se (selenate), 0.3 mg; I (iodide), 1.2 mg; cyanocobalamin, 15 µg; biotin, 300 µg; pyridoxine, 6 mg; pantothenate, 12 mg; thiamine, 4 mg; niacin, 50 mg; riboflavin, 7 mg; tocopherol acetate, 70 mg; folate, 3 mg; menadione, 2.5 mg; retinol, 6000 IU; cholecalciferol; 10.000 IU