Table 1 Ingredients and nutrient composition of broiler chicken diets.

From: Modulation of performance, meat quality and gut health of broiler chicken in response to dietary nanoencapsulated lavender essential oil

Ingredients (g/kg)

Starter (7–21 day)

Finisher (22–42 day)

Maize

550

586

Soybean meal

350

320

Fish meal

40

20

Vegetable oil

30

40

Limestone

7.00

10.00

Di-calcium phosphate

15.00

16.00

Salt

3.00

3.00

DL-Methionine

1.10

1.00

Lysine

1.30

1.40

Trcae mineral Premix1

1.00

1.00

Vitamin Premix2

1.50

1.50

Total

100.0

100.0

Nutrient composition

Crude Protein*

223

203

Metabolizable Energy (Kcal/kg) **

3062

3150

Calcium*

10.10

10.50

Available P*

4.70

4.40

Lysine**

13.00

11.80

Methionine**

5.00

4.40

  1. 1Trace mineral premix (mg/kg diet): Mg 300, Mn 55, I 0.4, Fe 56, Zn 30 and Cu 4.
  2. 2Vitamin premix (per kg diet): Vitamin A 8250 IU, Vitamin D3 1200 ICU, Vitamin K 1 mg, Vitamin E 40 IU, Vitamin B1 2 mg, Vitamin B2 4 mg, Vitamin B1 210 mg, Niacin 60 mg, Pantothenic acid 10 mg, choline, 500 mg.
  3. *Analyzed values **Calculated values.