Table 1 Experimental diets with percentage composition for Babcock laying hens

Corn

35

35

35

20

Wheat

05

09

15

20

Rice polishing

15

10

05

-

Canola meal

15

10

05

-

EFM

-

10

20

30

Gluten 60 %

05

4.5

03

-

Gluten 30 %

-

-

-

5.5

Wheat bran

-

-

-

07

Soybean meal

08

08

08

08

Vegetable oil

08

04

-

-

Dicalcium phosphate

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

Lime stone (ground)

07

7.5

07

7.5

Vitamin/mineral premix

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

 Crude protein (%)

16.9 ± 0.1a

17 ± 0.1a

17 ± 0.1a

17 ± 0.1a

 Metabolizable energy (kcal/kg)

2838 ± 4a

2840 ± 3a

2844 ± 2a

2846 ± 3a

 Crude fat (%)

10.1 ± 0.3a

10.2 ± 0.3a

10.2 ± 0.2a

10.3 ± 0.2a

  ¹C_16:0 *

12.1 ± 0.1a

9.6 ± 0.1b

7.6 ± 0.1c

6.3 ± 0.1d

  ²C_18:0 *

16 ± 0.3a

13.2 ± 0.2b

9.4 ± 0.3c

7.4 ± 0.4d

  ³C_18:1 *

28.6 ± 0.5a

23.5 ± 0.4c

23 ± 0.5c

17.6 ± 0.5d

  ⁴C_18:2 *

38.2 ± 0.7d

38.9 ± 0.7c

41.5 ± 0.8b

42.8 ± 0.9a

  ⁵C_18:3 *

2.7 ± 0.1e

8.2 ± 0.4d

14.2 ± 0.6c

21.1 ± 0.7b

  ⁶C_20:4 *

0.6 ± 0.1a

0.4 ± 0.1a

0.3 ± 0.1a

0.2 ± 0.1a

  ⁷C_20:5 *

1.5 ± 0.13a

1.3 ± 0.1a

1.1 ± 0.1a

1 ± 0.1a

  ⁸C_22:6 *

0.5 ± 0.1a

0.3 ± 0.1a

0.3 ± 0.1a

0.2 ± 0.1a

 Calcium (%)

3.04a

3.12a

3.16a

3.25a

 Available p (%)

0.59a

0.50a

0.55a

0.62a

 Methonine (%)

0.30a

0.33a

0.35a

0.36a

 Lysine (%)

0.78a

0.84a

0.82a

0.85a