Table 1.

Proximate composition of control diet used in this study

Ingredient	Amount (g kg -1 )
Gross energy (kcal kg -1 )	4,159.97
Kilka fish meal a	300
Wheat flour	240
Soybean meal b	310
Cottonseed meal	100
Cellulose	10.00
Vitamin pre-mix*	20.00
Mineral pre-mix*	20.00
Chemical composition (% dry matter)
Dry matter	88.50
Crude protein	37.07
Crude lipid	8.54
Ash	6.55

^ab Crude protein: 60.60 and 44.20%, respectively.

* Mixture detailed by Mousavi et al.¹²