Table 2 Composition of the basic diet (as a percentage of dried weight)
From: Fermented Astragalus in diet altered the composition of fecal microbiota in broiler chickens
Ingredient | 1–21 days | 22–45 days | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C group | U group | F group | C group | U group | F group | |
Corn | 60.35 | 59.85 | 59.85 | 62.55 | 62.05 | 62.05 |
Soybean meal | 28.25 | 28.25 | 28.25 | 26.15 | 26.15 | 26.15 |
Flour | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
Corn gluten meal | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
Fishmeal | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Dicalcium phosphate | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
Limestone | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
NaCl | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Oil | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Fermented Astraglus | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
Unfermented Astraglus | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |