Research Article
Copper Super-Dosing Improves Performance of Heat-Stressed Broiler Chickens through Modulation of Expression of Proinflammatory Cytokine Genes
Table 1
Composition (g/kg) and nutritive values (g/kg as fed, unless stated otherwise) of the basal diet.
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1Contained 490.5 g crude protein per kg; 2presented in the form of a protein chelate and contained (g/kg) iron (33.8), manganese (65.9), zinc (64.0), selenium (0.67), chromium (1.8), and iodine, as potassium iodide (4.28); 3Each kg contained vitamin A 13.5 MIU, vitamin D3 4.5 MIU, vitamin E 60 g, vitamin K3 3.5 g, vitamin B1 3.5 g, vitamin B2 8.0 g, vitamin B6 3.5 g, vitamin B 12 0.02 g, biotin 0.145 g, pantothenic acid 14.5 g, folic acid 2.25 g, niacin 60 g; 4Buttiauxella phytase with a declared activity of 5000 FTU/g; 5an equivalent amount was replaced with copper proteinate; 6used as a filler substance to accommodate the supplemental copper; 7analysed values. |