Effects of Ginger (Zingiber officinale, Roscoe) Essential Oil on Growth and Laying Performances, Serum Metabolites, and Egg Yolk Antioxidant and Cholesterol Status in Laying Japanese Quail

Table 2

Composition and proximate analysis of the experimental diet.

Constituents	Amount (kg/100 kg)
Corn	60
Bran wheat	4.5
Soybean meal	22
Fishmeal	4.5
Oeister shell	2
Bone meal	2
Premix 5%	5
Total	100
Chemical composition
Crude protein (%)	20.15
Metabolizable energy (Kcal/Kg)	2906.80
Calcium (%)	2.03
Phosphorus (%)	1.27
Lysine (%)	0.44
Methionine (%)	0.14
Sodium (%)	0.22

: mixture of vitamins A, B complex, D, K, and E plus iron, Cu, Zn, Se, Mn, methionine, lysine principally and incorporated at 5% in diet.