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Table 2 Composition and calculated chemical analysis of the experimental diets

From: Impact of adding natural bioactive mixture composed of lemon, onion, and garlic juice at different levels on productive performance, egg quality, and some blood parameters of commercial laying hens

Ingredients

Experimental diets

Control, D1

1% LOG, D2

2% LOG, D3

3% LOG, D4

Composition of experimental diets

 Yellow corn

64.00

   

 Soybean meal

23.50

Control diet + 10 ml LOG per kg feed

Control diet + 20 ml LOG per kg feed

Control diet + 30 ml LOG per kg feed

 Protein concentrates

3.00

 Dicalcium phosphate

1.50

 Limestone

7.50

 Methionine

0.05

 Mineral and vitamin premix*

0.20

 Sodium chloride

0.25

Calculated chemical analysis of control diet

 Moisture

6.49

6.55

6.62

6.68

Chemical analysis on dry matter basis

 Organic matter (OM)

88.44

88.44

88.43

88.43

 Crude protein (CP)

17.64

17.66

17.68

17.70

 Crude fiber (CF)

3.73

3.72

3.71

3.70

 Ether extract (EE)

3.11

3.12

3.13

3.14

 Nitrogen free extract (NFE)

63.96

63.94

63.91

63.89

 Ash

11.56

11.56

11.57

11.57

 Metabolizable energy (kcal/kg DM)

2779

2780

2782

2783

  1. Metabolizable energy (kcal/kg DM) was calculated according to NRC (1994)
  2. LOG natural bioactive mixture juice composed of lemon, onion and garlic juice at portions 1.00, 1.00, and 0.125/l clean water
  3. *Ingredients per kg diet: Mg, 56 mg; Fe, 20 mg; Cu, 10 mg; Zn, 50 mg; Co, 125 mg; I, 0.8 mg, vitamin A, 10,000 IU; vitamin D3, 2000 IU; vitamin E, 5 IU; vitamin K, 2 mg; riboflavin, 4.20 mg; vitamin B12, 0.01 mg; pantothenic acid, 5 mg; nicotinic acid, 20 mg; folic acid, 0.5 mg; choline, 3 mg