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Table 1 Experimental basal diet compositionsc (air-dry basis)

From: Acute phase protein mRNA expressions and enhancement of antioxidant defense system in Black-meated Silkie Fowls supplemented with clove (Eugenia caryophyllus) extracts under the influence of chronic heat stress

Item

Quantity (%)

Ingredient

 Corn

60.95

 Soybean meal

28.34

 Wheat offal

3.28

 Oyster shells

1.22

 Palm oil

3.25

 Dicalcium phosphate

1.66

 Salt

0.35

 Antioxidant

0.21

 Vitamin and mineral premixa

0.54

 Chloride choline

0.12

 D, L-Methionine

0.08

 Total

100

Nutrient concentrationsb

 ME, MJ/kg

12.66

 CP, g/kg

18.58

 Phosphorus, g/kg

0.48

 Calcium, g/kg

1.04

 Methionine, g/kg

0.37

 Lysine, g/kg

0.82

  1. aThe premix supplied per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 12,550 IU; vitamin D3, 3,010 IU; vitamin E, 26 IU; vitamin B1, 3 mg; vitamin B2, 6.7 mg; Vitamin B12, 0.22 mg; Vitamin K3, 3.24 mg; Biotin, 0.09 mg; folic acid, 1.4 mg; d-pantothenic acid, 12.6 mg; nicotinic acid, 44 mg; copper, 8 mg; iron, 80 mg; zinc, 42 mg; Manganese, 60 mg; Selenium, 0.17 mg; iodine, 0.35 mg
  2. bNutrient concentrations: ME was a calculated value, whereas other nutrient concentrations were determined values
  3. cNRC requirement [55]