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Table 7 The ingredients and nutrient level of diets during grower-finisher stage

From: Effects of graded levels of microbial fermented or enzymatically treated dried brewer’s grains on growth, digestive and nutrient transporter genes expression and cost effectiveness in broiler chickens

Diet composition (%)	Experimental diets^a
Diet composition (%)	NC	PC^b	FDBG 5%	FDBG 10%	FDBG 15%	DBG5% +Enz^b	DBG10% +Enz^b	DBG15% +Enz^b
Yellow corn	62.25	62.25	60.20	57.90	55.60	59.30	56.45	53.40
Soybean meal	26.00	26.00	23.00	20.25	17.50	23.50	21.00	18.70
Corn gluten	3.90	3.90	3.90	3.90	3.90	3.90	3.90	3.90
FDBG ^c	0	0	5.00	10.00	15.00	0	0	0
DBG ^d	0	0	0	0	0	5.00	10.00	15.00
Soybean oil	3.60	3.60	3.60	3.60	3.60	4.00	4.30	4.60
Calcium carbonate	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Calcium diphasic phosphate	1.30	1.30	1.30	1.30	1.30	1.30	1.30	1.30
Common salt	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
Premix ^e	0.90	0.90	0.9	0.90	0.90	0.90	0.90	0.90
L-Lysine	0.25	0.25	0.3	0.35	0.4	0.3	0.35	0.40
DL-Methionine	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20
Choline chloride	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20
Anti-mycotoxin	0.10	0.10	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Calculated composition
ME (Kcal/Kg)	3200	3200	3201	3201	3200	3203	3202	3200
CP (%)	20.5	20.5	20.5	20.50	20.50	20.50	20.50	20.50
EE %	6.15	6.15	6.38	6.62	6.85	6.76	7.16	7.61
CF (%)	2.46	2.46	2.84	3.23	3.61	3.02	3.58	4.14
Calcium (%)	1.05	1.05	1.04	1.03	1.03	1.04	1.04	1.03
Available phosphorous (%)	0.45	0.45	0.43	0.41	0.39	0.43	0.41	0.39
Lysine (%)	1.16	1.16	1.16	1.16	1.17	1.16	1.16	1.17
Methionine (%)	0.56	0.56	0.56	0.57	0.57	0.56	0.57	0.57

^aNC (negative control), PC (positive control), FDBG5% (5% fermented dried brewers grains), FDBG10% (10% fermented dried brewer grain), FDBG15% (15% fermented dried brewers grains), DBG5%+Enz (5%dried brewers grains mixed with enzymes), DBG10%+Enz (10% dried brewers grains mixed with enzymes), DBG15%+Enz (15% dried brewers grains mixed with enzymes). ^bCommercial multi-exogenous enzyme was added was added to PC and enzyme treated DBG diets at a concentration of 1 gm/kg diet. ^cFDBG (fermented dried brewer grains). ^dDBG (dried brewer grains). ^eVitamin premix supplied per kilogram of diet: vitamin A, 10,000 IU; vitamin D3, 2000 IU; vitamin E, 6500 IU; vitamin K3, 1 mg; vitamin B1, 2560 mg; vitamin B2, 5000 mg; vitamin B6, 1500 mg; B5, 8 mg; niacin, 20000 mg; biotin, 0.25 mg; folic acid, 1000 mg; vitamin B12, 60 mg; Cu, 8 mg; Fe, 80 mg; Mn, 60 mg; Zn, 40 mg; Se, 0.15 mg

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