Table 8.

Chemical analysis of complete diets, experiment 2 (as-fed basis)¹

Item, %	Control	12		22		32
		3%	6%	3%	6%	3%	6%
Dry matter	92.08	90.14	90.40	90.48	89.25	90.75	90.94
Crude protein	24.80	24.70	24.20	24.50	23.90	23.30	23.70
Ca	0.81	0.76	0.87	0.81	0.92	0.78	0.87
P	0.73	0.77	0.70	0.71	0.66	0.69	0.68
Ether Extract	5.60	4.90	6.10	5.10	6.20	5.40	5.60
Ash	5.72	5.86	5.43	5.91	6.23	5.83	5.76

¹Samples were collected at the feeder, pooled, mixed, and then split using a riffle splitter to create a composite sample and submitted to Ward Laboratories (Kearney, NE) for analysis.

²Fish meal source 1 (IPC 790) was from The Scoular Company (Minneapolis, MN); source 2 (Omega Special Select Menhaden) was from Omega Protein (Houston, TX); and source 3 (LT Prime Menhaden) was from Daybrook Fisheries, Inc. (New Orleans, LA).