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Table 1 Ingredients and composition of the basal diet

From: Effect of lycopene on the copper-induced oxidation of low-density lipoprotein in broiler chickens

Ingredients (%)

0–14 days

15–28 days

Corn

55.88

65.73

Wheat

8.00

Soybean meal

23.00

21.50

Dehulled soybean meal

0.30

0.30

Rapeseed meal

3.00

4.00

Corn gluten meal

4.70

2.70

Yellow grease

1.20

2.40

Limestone

0.50

0.60

Tricalcium phosphate

2.10

2.00

Salt

0.22

0.19

DL-methionine

0.15

0.10

Lysine HCl

0.71

0.26

Choline-Cl

0.10

0.08

Vitamin and mineral premixa

0.14

0.14

Total

100.0

100.0

Calculated composition

 Crude protein (%)

20.5

18.5

 Crude fat (%)

3.47

4.85

 Crude fiber (%)

3.56

3.65

 Crude ash (%)

5.48

5.33

 Ca (%)

0.97

0.96

 Available P (%)

0.45

0.43

 MEn (kcal/kg)

2944

3026

  1. aVitamin and mineral premix provided following nutrients per kg of diet: vitamin A, 19,000 IU; vitamin D3, 5000 IU; vitamin E, 50 mg; vitamin K3, 5.25 mg; thiamin, 3.50 mg; riboflavin, 14 mg; pyridoxine, 7 mg; cobalamin, 0.027 mg; niacin, 146.0 mg; biotin, 0.21 mg; folic acid, 1.75 mg; pantothenic acid, 22.85 mg, Fe, 72 mg; Mn, 90 mg; Zn, 74 mg; I, 1.8 mg; Se, 0.36 mg; Cu, 4.8 mg