Table 5.
Basal diet and proximate chemical composition (%, on dry matter basis).
| Ingredients | % | Chemical Composition | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fish meal | 15 | Crude protein | 34.49 |
| Soybean meal | 40 | Crude lipids | 6.29 |
| Yellow corn | 15 | Ash | 7.55 |
| Gluten | 7 | Fibers | 5.12 |
| Wheat bran | 12 | Gross energy (kcal/kg) 2 | 1863.10 |
| Wheat flour | 4.92 | ||
| Fish oil | 3 | ||
| Vitamin and mineral mix 1 | 2 | ||
| Dicalcium phosphate | 1 | ||
| Vitamin C | 0.08 |
1 Vitamin and mineral mixture detailed by Dawood et al. [45]. 2 Gross energy was calculated based on protein, lipid, and carbohydrate values as 23.6, 39.5, and 17.2 KJ/g, respectively.