Effects of dietary Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG supplementation on the production performance, egg quality, eggshell ultrastructure, and lipid metabolism of late-phase laying hens

Table 5 Dietary composition and nutrient levels of the experimental diets (as fed basis)

Ingredients	%	Nutrient content 3	Value
Corn	59.0	Metabolizable energy (MC/kg)	2.60
Soybean meal (43)	18.2	Crude protein (%)	15.5
Stone grain (10–20 mesh)	9.73	fibre(%)	2.94
DDGS	8.47	Calcium (%)	3.70
Rice bran meal (15.1%)	2.00	Total phosphorus (%)	0.470
Corn germ cake (16.7%)	0.790	Salt (%)	0.360
Rice bran oil	0.600	K (%)	0.620
Bone Calcium hydrogen phosphate	0.500	Na (%)	0.200
NaCl	0.250	Cl (%)	0.200
Methionine	0.120	Lysine (%)	0.750
Lysine sulfate(70%)	0.100	Methionine (%)	0.370
Mineral premix 1	0.100	DL-Methionine (%)	0.630
Choline chloride(50%)	0.100	Threonine (%)	0.580
Vitamin Premix 2	0.0300	Tryptophan (%)	0.160
Thermostable phytase(20,000)	0.0100	Isoleucine (%)	0.600
Total	100	Valine (%)	0.720

Abbreviations: DDGS = Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles
¹Mineral premix provided the following per kg of diets: Cu,7,000 mg; Fe, 78,000 mg; Zn, 65,800 mg; Mn, 85,000 mg; I, 550 mg; Se, 300 mg
²Vitamin premix provided the following per kg of diets: VA, 4,000 IU; VD3, 1,500 IU; VK3, 15,000 mg; VE, 95,000 mg; VB1,10,000 mg; VB2, 30,000 mg; VB6, 15,000 mg; VB12, 120 mg; Nicotinamide, 150,000 mg; D biotin, 500 mg; Folic acid, 8,000 mg; D pantothenic acid, 45,000
³The values of metabolizable energy, available phosphorus, and amino acids are calculated, and others are measured values

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