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Table 1 Composition and nutrient content of corn base diet (%)

From: Upregulation of genes encoding digestive enzymes and nutrient transporters in the digestive system of broiler chickens by dietary supplementation of fiber and inclusion of coarse particle size corn

Ingredients

Starter

Grower

Corn

60.6

62.3

Soybean meal

32.6

29.3

Meat and bone meal

3.00

3.60

Canola oil

0.644

1.91

Limestone

0.970

0.814

Dical phosphate

0.607

0.269

Phytasea

0.01

0.010

Salt

0.154

0.161

Na bicarbonate

0.219

0.200

Vitamin premixb

0.200

0.200

Choline

0.111

0.103

L-lysine HCl 784

0.305

0.226

D, L-methionine

0.392

0.336

L-threonine

0.204

0.148

TiO2

–

0.500

Nutrients

 ME (kcal/kg)

3000

3100

 ME (MJ/kg)

12.55

12.97

 Crude protein

22.2

21.0

 Crude fat

2.85

4.14

 Crude Fiber

2.07

2.01

 SID arginine

1.37

1.27

 SID lysine

1.28

1.15

 SID methionine

0.684

0.616

 SID methionine + Cysteine

0.950

0.870

 SID tryptophan

0.244

0.226

 SID isoleucine

0.860

0.807

 SID threonine

0.860

0.770

 SID valine

0.992

0.939

 Starch

35.8

36.8

 NSP soluble

0.426

0.404

 NSP insoluble

5.64

5.45

 Calcium

0.960

0.870

 Available Phosphorus

0.480

0.435

 Sodium

0.160

0.160

 Chloride

0.250

0.242

 Choline

0.170

0.160

  1. aPhyzyme XP5000G (100 g/mt) Dupont
  2. bVitamin-Mineral concentrate supplied per kilogram of diet: retinol, 12,000 IU; cholecalciferol, 5000 IU; tocopheryl acetate, 75 mg, menadione, 3 mg; thiamine, 3 mg; riboflavin, 8 mg; niacin, 55 mg; pantothenate, 13 mg; pyridoxine, 5 mg; folate, 2 mg; cyanocobalamine, 16 μg; biotin, 200 μg; cereal-based carrier, 149 mg; mineral oil, 2.5 mg; Cu (sulphate), 16 mg; Fe (sulphate), 40 mg; I (iodide), 1.25 mg; Se (selenate), 0.3 mg; Mn (sulphate and oxide), 120 mg; Zn (sulphate and oxide), 100 mg; cereal-based carrier, 128 mg; mineral oil, 3.75 mg; SID = Standard ileal digestible