Effects of In Ovo Injection of Coenzyme Q10 on Hatchability, Subsequent Performance, and Immunity of Broiler Chickens

Table 1

Basal diet composition at 1 to 42 days of age (% or as stated).

Item	Starter	Grower
	(1 to 21 days of age)	(22 to 42 days of age)
Corn grain	53.5	53.8
Soybean meal	41.3	38.7
Soybean oil	1	3
Calcium carbonate	1.65	1.63
Dicalcium phosphate	1.75	1.72
Mineral and vitamin premix^1	0.5	0.5
Common salt	0.3	0.44
Methionine	0.44	0.41
Lysine	1.1	1.1
Total	100	100
Metabolizable energy (kcal/kg)	3050	3000
Crude protein	23	21.54
Calcium	1	0.93
Available phosphorous	0.45	0.45
Calcium: phosphorous	2.22	2.07
Energy: protein	132.61	139.27

¹Mineral premix: Mn, 80 mg; Zn, 84.5 mg; Fe, 80 mg; Cu, 5 mg; I, 1.0 mg; Co, 0.48 mg; Se, 0.30 mg/kg of diet. Vitamin premix: Vitamin A, 11,000 IU (retinol); Vitamin D3, 3,000 IU; Vitamin E, 50 mg (DL-α-tocopheryl acetate); Vitamin K3, 5 mg; tiamin, 2 mg; Riboflavin, 8 mg; calcium pantothenate, 12.40 mg; niacin, 50 mg; pyridoxine, 7 mg; pholic acid, 2mg; Vitamin B12, 1.60 mg; biotin, 5 mg; choline chloride, 1,100 mg; antioxidant, 100 mg/kg of diet.