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Table 2 Composition and nutritional values of feeds used for chicken broilersa

From: Selected prebiotics and synbiotics administered in ovo can modify innate immunity in chicken broilers

Ingredients

Starter

Grower

Finisher

Soybean meal

330.3

286.0

256.0

Maize

300.0

300.0

300.0

Wheat grain

262.5

289.1

306.5

Rapeseed meal

30.0

36.0

42.0

Soybean oil

21.1

13.0

18.0

Plant oils

17.0

41.0

49.0

Monocalcium phosphate

14.0

11.7

8.3

Limestone

13.0

11.6

10.5

L-lysine 98

3.1

3.0

2.5

DL-methionine 99

3.0

2.3

1.8

Salt

2.6

2.6

2.5

L-throning

0.6

0.9

0.5

Choline chloride 75%

0.4

0.4

0.4

Vitamin-mineral premixb

2.4

2.4

2.4

Calculated nutrient levelb

 Crude protein (g/kg)

220.0

205.0

195.0

 Crude fat (g/kg)

60.6

76.0

88.7

 Crude fibre (g/kg)

26.8

26.6

26.7

 Ash (g/kg)

61.1

55.8

50.1

 Metabolisable energy (kcal/kg)

2980

3100

3200

  1. aFeeds were equalized and standardized according to recommendations for chicken broilers [NCR. Nutrients requirement of poultry. 9th rev. ed. National Academy Press, Washington DC, 1994]. bEstimation based on the Polish feedstuff analysis tables [40]