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Table 2 Composition of broiler diets during 3 growing phases

From: Combination of probiotics and coccidiosis vaccine enhances protection against an Eimeria challenge

Item

Starter (DOH to day 15)

Grower (days 15–35)

Finisher (days 35–42)

Ingredient, %

 Corn

60.55

65.63

69.90

 Soybean meal

22.42

16.43

10.76

 Distiller’s grain

7.00

8.00

9.00

 Poultry by-product meal

5.00

5.00

4.00

 Grease (yellow)

1.91

2.12

2.79

 Dicalcium phosphate

1.15

0.90

0.78

 l-Lysine

0.63

0.60

0.80

 Limestone

0.58

0.54

0.70

 DL-Methionine

0.18

0.30

0.80

 Salt

0.27

0.17

0.16

 l-Threonine

0.10

0.10

0.10

 Southern States vitamin premix

0.10

0.10

0.10

 Southern States trace mineral premix

0.10

0.10

0.10

 Optiphos

0.01

0.01

0.01

Total

100.00

100.00

100.00

Calculated nutrient level

 ME, kcal/kg

3036.00

3102.00

3157.00

 CP, %

21.00

19.00

17.00

 Ca, %

0.90

0.80

0.76

 Available P, %

0.45

0.40

0.35

 Total P, %

0.71

0.64

0.57

 Digestible Lys, %

1.50

1.33

1.32

 Digestible Meth, %

0.50

0.60

1.06

 Digestible Thr, %

0.89

0.81

0.71

 Digestible Trp, %

0.22

0.19

0.16