Table 1.
Formulation and composition (% dry matter) of the basal diet for Nile tilapia.
| Ingredients | % |
|---|---|
| Tuna by-product 1 | 17.0 |
| Squid liver powder 2 | 3.0 |
| Blood meal 2 | 5.0 |
| Soybean meal 2 | 31.5 |
| Wheat gluten meal 2 | 6.1 |
| Wheat flour 2 | 19.5 |
| Corn starch 2 | 10.5 |
| Soybean oil 3 | 2.4 |
| Vitamin premix 4 | 1.0 |
| Mineral premix 5 | 1.0 |
| Calcium phosphate 6 | 2.0 |
| Cellulose 7 | 1.0 |
| Proximate composition | |
| Moisture | 9.89 |
| Crude protein | 36.5 |
| Crude lipid | 6.19 |
| Crude ash | 6.24 |
1 Samhae Industrial Co., LTD. Gyeongju, Korea (Tuna by-product, crude protein: 47.5% and crude lipid: 23%). 2 The Feed Co., LTD. Seoul, Korea (Soybean meal, crude protein: 49.2% and crude lipid: 3.44%). 3 Jeil Feed Co. Hamman, Korea. 4 Contains (as mg/kg in diets): Thiamine mononitrate, 15; Rivoflavin, 30; Niacin, 150; dl-Calcium pantothenate, 150; Pyridoxine·HCl, 15; Biotin, 1.5; Folic acid, 5.4; Cobalamin, 0.06; Ascorbic acid, 300; Inositol, 150; Choline bitate, 3000; Retinyl acetate, 6; dl-α-Tocopherol acetate, 201; Menadion, 6. 5 Contains (as mg/kg in diets): Ca(IO)3, 0.0006; MgSO4·7H2O, 1379.8; NaCl, 437.4; NaSeO3, 0.00025; ZnSO4·7H2O, 226.4; MnSO4, 0.016; Fe-Citrate, 299; FeSO4, 0.0378; CuSO4, 0.00033; MgO, 0.00135.6 CaHPO4, Sigma-Aldrich Korea, Yongin, Korea; 7 United States Biochemical; Cellulose was used for energy source.