Table 1.
Composition of the experimental basal diet (DM basis).
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Ingredients, g/kg | |
| Casein (vitamin-free)1 | 432 |
| Defatted fishmeal2 | 100 |
| Wheat flour3 | 60 |
| Dextrin1 | 188 |
| Corn starch3 | 50 |
| Fish oil (DHA + EPA enriched)4 | 90 |
| Vitamin premix (vitamin E-free)5 | 10 |
| Mineral premix6 | 10 |
| Cellulose1 | 60 |
| Proximate analysis, % | |
| Moisture | 8.29 ± 0.67 |
| Crude protein | 50.37 ± 0.20 |
| Crude lipid | 8.71 ± 0.29 |
| Crude ash | 4.03 ± 0.25 |
DHA = docosahexaenoic acid; EPA = eicosapentaenoic acid.
United States Biochemical (Cleveland, OH) 44122.
Suhyup Feed Co. Ltd., Busan, Republic of Korea.
Young Nam Flour Mills Co., Busan, Republic of Korea.
E-Wha oil Co., Ltd., Busan, Republic of Korea.
Vitamin premix contains (as mg/kg diet): dl-calcium pantothenate, 150; choline bitartrate, 3,000; inositol, 150; menadione, 6; niacin, 150; pyridoxine·HCl, 15; riboflavin, 30; thiamine mononitrate, 15; retinyl acetate, 6; biotin, 1.5; folic acid, 5.4; vitamin-B12, 0.06; cholecalciferol, 2.4.
Mineral premix contains (as mg/kg diet): Al, 1.2; Ca, 5,000; Cl, 100; Cu, 5.1; Co, 9.9; Na, 1,280; Mg, 520; P, 5,000; K, 4,300; Zn, 27; Fe, 40; I, 4.6; Se, 0.2; Mn, 9.1.