Table 1.
Formulation and calculated chemical compositions of the basal diet.
| Item | Content, % |
|---|---|
| Ingredients | |
| Fish meal | 48 |
| Soybean meal | 22 |
| Wheat flour | 25 |
| Adhesives | 0.2 |
| Soybean oil | 2.0 |
| Ca(H2PO4)2 | 2.0 |
| Vitamin C phosphate ester | 0.1 |
| Choline chloride (50%) | 0.3 |
| Vitamin premix1 | 0.2 |
| Mineral premix2 | 0.2 |
| Calculated chemical compositions | |
| Crude protein | 42.0 |
| Crude lipid | 7.3 |
| Ash | 9.5 |
| Crude fibre | 3.1 |
| N free extract | 27.9 |
1
One kilogram of vitamin premix contained the following: thiamine, 0.438 g; riboflavin, 0.632 g; pyridoxine·HCl, 0.908 g; D-pantothenic acid, 1.724 g; nicotinic acid, 4.583 g; biotin, 0.211 g; folic acid, 0.549 g; vitamin B12, 0.001 g; inositol, 21.053 g; menadione sodium bisulfite, 0.889 g; retinyl acetate, 0.677 g; cholecalciferol, 0.116 g; DL-α-tocopherol-acetate, 12.632 g.
2
One kilogram of mineral premix contained the following: CoCl2·6H2O, 0.074 g; CuSO4·5H2O, 2.5 g; FeSO4·7H2O, 73.2 g; NaCl, 40.0 g; MgSO4·7H2O, 284.0 g; MnSO4·H2O, 6.50 g; KI, 0.68 g; Na2SeO3, 0.10 g; ZnSO4·7H2O, 131.93 g; cellulose, 501.09 g.