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Table 2 Composition and nutrient content of experimental diets (as-fed basis)

From: Effects of dietary supplementation with rice bran oil on the growth performance, blood parameters, and immune response of broiler chickens

Item

Starter period (0 to 21 d)

Grower period (22 to 35 d)

Rice bran oil (g/kg)

Rice bran oil (g/kg)

0

5

10

20

0

5

10

20

Ingredients, g/kg

        

 Maize

509.1

504.1

499.1

489.1

598.9

593.9

588.9

578.9

 Soybean meal (450 g/kg CP)

356.4

356.4

356.4

356.4

322.2

322.2

322.2

322.2

 Corn gluten meal

35.0

35.0

35.0

35.0

-

-

-

-

 Soybean oil

60.0

60.0

60.0

60.0

45.0

45.0

45.0

45.0

 Dicalcium phosphate

18.6

18.6

18.6

18.6

13.5

13.5

13.5

13.5

 Limestone

15.4

15.4

15.4

15.4

15.2

15.2

15.2

15.2

 Methionine-99 %

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

 NaCl

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

 Vitamin-mineral premixa

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 Sodium bicarbonate

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 Rice bran oil

-

5.0

10.0

20.0

-

5.0

10.0

20.0

Total

1,000.0

1,000.0

1,000.0

1,000.0

1,000.0

1,000.0

1,000.0

1,000.0

Energy and nutrient contentb

 MEn (MJ/kg)

13.1

13.1

13.1

13.1

13.0

13.0

13.0

13.0

 Crude protein (g/kg)

230.0

230.0

230.0

230.0

200.0

200.0

200.0

200.0

 Calcium (g/kg)

10.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

 Avaiable P (g/kg)

4.3

4.3

4.3

4.3

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.5

 Lysine (g/kg)

11.9

11.9

11.9

11.9

10.8

10.8

10.8

10.8

 Methione + cysteine (g/kg)

8.5

8.5

8.5

8.5

7.2

7.2

7.2

7.2

  1. aProvided per kilogram of the complete diet: vitamin A (from vitamin A acetate), 12,500 IU; vitamin D3, 2,500 IU; vitamin E (from DL-α-tocopheryl acetate), 20 IU; vitamin K3, 2 mg; vitamin B2, 5 mg; vitamin B6, 3 mg; vitamin B12, 18 μg; calcium pantothenate, 8 mg; folic acid, 1 mg; biotin, 50 μg; niacin, 24 mg; Zn (as ZnO), 60 mg; Mn (as MnSO2 · H2O), 50 mg; Fe (as FeSO4 · 7H2O), 50 mg; Cu (as CuSO4 · 5H2O), 6 mg; Co (as CoCO3), 250 μg; I [as Ca(IO3)2 · H2O], 1 mg; Se (as Na2SeO3), 150 μg
  2. bNutrient contents in all diet were calculated were analyzed