Dietary Supplementation of Phoenix dactylifera Seeds Enhances Performance, Immune Response, and Antioxidant Status in Broilers

Table 1

Ingredients percentages and calculated composition analysis of the experimental starter diets (as fed basis).

Ingredients	Basal diet	DPS2	DPS4	DPS6
Corn	55	53.09	51.17	49.27
SBM (CP 44%)	32.04	32	32	32
Corn gluten (CP 62%)	5.5	5.6	5.66	5.7
Corn oil	3.5	3.39	3.27	3.17
Limestone	1.35	1.33	1.31	1.28
Dicalcium phosphate	1.74	1.74	1.74	1.74
L-lysine	0.28	0.28	0.28	0.27
Dl-methionine	0.14	0.12	0.12	0.12
P. dactylifera seeds	0	2	4	6
Vitamin and mineral premix	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
NaCl	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15
Total	100	100	100	100
Estimated and analyzed composition
ME	3069.59	3070.39	3069.38	3070.05
CP %	22.6	22.6	22.59	22.58
Lysine %	1.34	1.34	1.34	1.34
Methionine %	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Calcium %	1	1	1	1
Av. (P) %	0.45	0.45	0.45	0.45

SBM: soybean meal. ME: metabolizable energy (Kcal/kg diet). CP: crude protein. Av. (P): available phosphorous. L-lysine, 99% feed grade. Dl-methionine, 99% feed grade, China. Vitamin and mineral premix (Hero mix) produced by Hero pharm Co., Egypt.