Effects of garlic and lemon essential oils on performance, digestibility, plasma metabolite, and intestinal health in broilers under environmental heat stress

Table 7 Ingredients and feed composition of broiler chickens (as fed-basis)

Item	Starter	Grower	Finisher
	(0-14d)	(15-28d)	(29-35d)
Corn	54.80	59.78	65.08
Soybean meal	34.60	29.20	23.60
Corn gluten meal	5.00	5.00	5.00
Soybean oil	1.65	1.70	2.00
Dicalcium phosphate	1.80	2.00	2.00
Calcium carbonate	1.30	1.40	1.40
Hcl Lysine	0.15	0.20	0.20
DL-Methionine	0.15	0.17	0.17
Salt	0.25	0.25	0.25
Mineral mix^a	0.15	0.15	0.15
Vitamin mix^b	0.15	0.15	0.15
Total	100	100	100
Calculated composition^c
ME (kcal/kg)	2950	3000	3100
Crude protein (%)	23	21	19
Ca (%)	1.011	1.070	1.063
Available P (%)	0.457	0.480	0.481

^aSupplied per kilogram of diet: 4,000 IU of vitamin A; 80 mg of α-tocopherol acetate; 3 mg of vitamin K3; 2.5 mg of riboflavin; 2.5 mg of thiamin; 25 mg of nicotinic acid; 4 mg of pyridoxine; 800 mg of choline chloride; 0.3 mg of biotin; 1 mg of folic acid
^bSupplied per kilogram of diet: 50 mg of Zn (zinc oxide); 20 mg of Fe; 60 mg of Mn; 12 mg of Cu (copper sulfate-pentahydrate); 0.30 mg of Cobalt; 0.35 mg of Se (sodium selenite); 0.55 g of Mg; 1.3 g of Na (sodium chloride); 0.45 mg of I (calcium iodate); in addition 10 mg of calcium pantothenate acid; 0.02 mg of coalmine
^cCalculated according to NRC (1994); ME, Metabolizable energy

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