Table 1.
Ingredients on dry matter basis and proximate composition experimental feed used in this study.
| Ingredients | Chrysophanol | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 mg | 5 mg | 10 mg | 15 mg | |
| Maize grain | 10.000 | 10.000 | 10.000 | 10.000 |
| Fish meal | 10.000 | 10.000 | 10.000 | 10.000 |
| Finger millet | 10.000 | 10.000 | 10.000 | 10.000 |
| Pearl millet | 10.000 | 10.000 | 10.000 | 10.000 |
| Rice bran | 25.000 | 24.992 | 24.996 | 25.992 |
| Wheat flour | 10.000 | 10.000 | 10.000 | 10.000 |
| Groundnut oil cake | 20.000 | 20.000 | 20.000 | 20.000 |
| Vegetable oil | 2.000 | 2.000 | 2.000 | 2.000 |
| Vitamin + mineral mixa | 2.000 | 2.000 | 2.000 | 2.000 |
| Common salt | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
| Chrysophanic acid | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.004 | 0.008 |
| Proximate composition (dry matter basis, g kg−1) | ||||
| Crude protein | 38.96 | 38.22 | 38.45 | 37.92 |
| Crude lipid | 11.36 | 11.27 | 11.08 | 10.89 |
| Crude fiber | 2.57 | 2.38 | 2. 23 | 2.02 |
| Ash | 9.33 | 9.26 | 9.18 | 9.04 |
| Moisture | 6.63 | 6.46 | 6.31 | 6.15 |
aVitamin and minerals pre mix: Vitamin A: 700,000 IU, Vitamin D3: 140,000 IU, Vitamin E: 500 mg, Vitamin B12: 1000 mcg, Folic acid: 100 mg, Nicotinamide: 1000 mg, Copper: 1200 mg, Cobalt: 150 mg, Iron: 1500 mg, Zinc: 3000 mg, Iodine: 325 mg, Selenium: 10 mg, Magnesium: 6000 mg, Manganese: 1500 mg, Potassium: 100 mg, Calcium: 27 mg, Phosphorus: 13 mg, Sulphur: 0.72 mg, Fluorine: 300 mg.