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Table 1 Composition and determined analysis of the experimental diets

From: Productive performance and meat quality of commercial Cobb chicken fed diets containing different levels of prickly pear fruits (Opuntia ficus indica) peel

Item

Experimental diets

R1

R2

R3

R4

Ingredients:

    

Yellow corn grain

61.00

54.95

54.90

51.85

Soybean meal 47%

29.50

29.50

29.50

29.50

Prickly pear peels powder

0

3.05

6.10

9.15

Soybean oil

3.30

3.30

3.30

3.30

Corn gluten 60%

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

Dicalcium phosphate

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

Calcium carbonate

0.40

0.40

0.40

0.40

DL-methionine

0.27

0.27

0.27

0.27

l-lysine HCL

0.25

0.25

0.25

0.25

Premix*

0.30

0.30

0.30

0.30

Common salt

0.30

0.30

0.30

0.30

Sodium bicarbonate

0.20

0.20

0.20

0.20

Choline choloride

0.10

0.10

0.10

0.10

l-threonine, 98.5%

0.08

0.08

0.08

0.08

Anti-mycotoxins

0.10

0.10

0.10

0.10

Anti-coccidia

0.05

0.05

0.05

0.05

Probiotic

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

Chemical analysis, DM%

CP

20.85

20.80

20.98

20.96

CF

2.39

2.56

2.81

2.92

EE

6.86

6.85

6.96

6.84

NFE

63.26

64.78

63.88

63.56

Ash

5.64

5.01

5.37

5.72

ME, kcal\g

3101

3064

3125

3001

  1. *Each 3.0 kg of the vitamins and minerals premix manufactured by Agri-Vet Company, Egypt, and contains vit. A, 12,000,000 IU; vit. D3 2,000,000 IU; vit. E, 10 g; vit. K3, 2.0 g; vit. B1, 1.0 g; vit. B2, 5 g; vit. B6, 1.5 g; vit. B12, 10 mg; choline chloride, 250 g; biotin, 50 mg; folic acid, 1 g; nicotinic acid, 30 g; Ca pantothenate, 10 g; Zn, 50 g; Cu, 10 g; Fe, 30 g; Co, 100 mg; Se, 100 mg; I, 1 g; Mn, 60 g and anti-oxidant, 10 g, and complete to 3.0 kg by calcium carbonate