Effects of vitamin E, inorganic selenium, bacterial organic selenium, and their combinations on immunity response in broiler chickens

Table 1 The ingredients of the basal diet

Ingredients	Starter %	Finisher %
Corn	52.5	56.250
Palm oil (Refine)	5.00	6.00
Soybean meal (44% cp)	32.50	30.00
Fish meal (58% cp)	5.15	3.25
L-Lysine	0.25	0.25
DL-Methionine	0.25	0.25
Dicalcium phosphate 18%	1.60	1.85
Calcium carbonate	0.60	0.35
Salt (Nacl)	0.30	0.30
Mineral Premix^a	0.15	0.15
Vitamin Premix^b	0.10	0.10
Toxin Binder^c	0.15	0.15
Choline Chloride	0.10	0.10
Wheat pollard	0.135	1.00
Calculated nutrient content (g/kg DM)
ME (kcal/Kg)	3081.1	3152.8
Crude protein	22.04	20.09
Crude fat	7.57	8.004
Calcium	1.189	1.0440
Phosphorus	0.786	0.768
Avail. P for Poultry	0.472	0.450
Analyzed Se (mg/kg)^d	0.085	0.099
Analyzed vitamin E (mg/kg)^e	224.9	167.1

^aMineral premix provided the following per kg diet: iron 120 mg, manganese 150 mg, copper 15 mg, zinc 120 mg, iodine 1.5 mg, and cobalt 0.4 mg
^bVitamin premix provided the following per kg diet: Vitamin A (retinyl acetate) 10.32 mg, cholecalciferol 0.250 mg, vitamin E (DL-tocopheryl acetate) 90 mg, vitamin K 6 mg, cobalamin 0.07 mg, thiamine 7 mg, riboflavin 22 mg, folic acid 3 mg, biotin 0.04 mg, pantothenic acid 35 mg, niacin 120 mg and pyridoxine 12 mg
^cToxin binder contains natural hydrated sodium calcium aluminium silicates to reduce the exposure of feed to mycotoxins
^dThe Se content measured using ICP.MS.
^eVit E content measured using spectrophotometer

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