Evaluation of hepatic lipogenesis and antioxidant status of broiler chickens fed mountain celery

BMC Veterinary Research

Table 1 Composition of the basal diet to which mountain celery (MC) added for broiler chickens during starter (1–21 days) and grower (22-42 days) stages

Item (% unless noted)	Starter (Control)	Starter (MC diet)	Grower (Control)	Grower (MC diet)
Corn	46.85	46.85	55.75	55.75
Soybean meal (44% CP)	37.50	37.50	32.90	32.90
Fish meal (60% CP)	3.65	3.65	1.00	1.00
Soy oil	7.50	7.50	6.00	6.00
Dicalcium phosphate	1.30	1.30	1.20	1.20
Oyster shell	1.45	1.45	1.50	1.50
Salt	0.35	0.35	0.30	0.30
DL-Methionine	0.15	0.15	0.10	0.10
L-Lysine	–	–	–	–
Mineral supplement^a	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25
Vitamin supplement^b	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25
Wheat bran^c	0.75	–	0.75	–
Mountain celery	–	0.75	–	0.75
Calculated composition
AMEn (kcal/kg)	3200	3200	3200	3200
CP	23	23	20.00	20.00
Met	0.50	0.50	0.40	0.40
Met + Cys	0.85	0.85	0.75	0.75
Lys	1.30	1.30	1.08	1.08
Thr	1.05	1.05	0.93	0.93
Arg	1.50	1.50	1.31	1.31
Ca	1.03	1.03	0.90	0.90
Available P	0.46	0.46	0.36	0.36
Na	0.18	0.18	0.16	0.16
Cl	0.27	0.27	0.29	0.29
K	0.91	0.91	0.92	0.92
Na + K-Cl (mEq/kg)	233	233	236	236

^aProvided the following per kilogram of diet: vitamin A (trans retinyl acetate), 3600 IU; vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), 800 IU; vitamin E (dl-α-tocopheryl acetate), 7.2 mg; vitamin K3, 1.6 mg; thiamine, 0.72 mg; riboflavin, 3.3 mg; niacin, 0.4 mg; pyridoxin, 1.2 mg; cobalamine, 0.6 mg; folicacid, 0.5 mg; choline chloride, 200 mg
^bProvided the following per kilogram of diet: Mn (from MnSO4・H2O), 40 mg; Zn (from ZnO), 40 mg; Fe (from FeSO4・7H2O), 20 mg; Cu (fromCuSO4・5H2O), 4 mg; I [from Ca(IO3)2・H2O], 0.64 mg; Se (from sodium selenite), 0.08 mg
^cmountain celery powder was replaced for wheat bran to provide the level of 7.5 g/kg

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