Journal of Immunology Research

Research Article

Supplemental Bacillus subtilis PB6 Improves Growth Performance and Gut Health in Broilers Challenged with Clostridium perfringens

Table 1

Basal diet composition (as-fed basis).


Ingredient (%)	Basal diet

Corn	57.52
Soybean meal ()	36.20
Soy oil	2.14
Limestone	1.13
Dicalcium phosphate	1.97
Salt	0.35
Methionine (99%, DL-form)	0.19
Choline (50%)	0.25
Vitamin premix¹	0.025
Mineral premix²	0.2
Ethoxyquin (66%)	0.03
Total	100.00
Calculated composition³ (%)
Crude protein	21.0
ME (kcal/kg)	2950
Ca	1.00
AP	0.45
Lys	1.11

¹Provided per kg of diet: vitamin premix (1 kg) contained the following: vitamin A, 50 MIU; vitamin D₃, 12 MIU; vitamin K₃, 10 g; vitamin B₁, 10 g; vitamin B₂, 32 g; vitamin B₁₂, 0.1 g; vitamin E, 0.2 MIU; biotin, 0.5 g; folic acid, 5 g; pantothenic acid, 50 g; niacin, 150 g copper, 4 g; zinc, 90 g; iron, 38 g; manganese, 46.48 g; selenium, 0.1 g; iodine, 0.16 g; cobalt, 0.25 g. ²Provided per kg of diet: 150 g copper, 4 g; zinc, 90 g; iron, 38 g; manganese, 46.48 g; selenium, 0.1 g; iodine, 0.16 g; cobalt, 0.25 g. ³Calculated value based on the analyzed data for the experimental diets.