Table 2.
Formulation and biochemical composition of diets.
| Ingredients | g/100 g |
|---|---|
| Fish meal | 45.0 |
| Shrimp meal | 10.5 |
| Soybean meal | 20.0 |
| Bread flour | 4.4 |
| Squid meal | 4.4 |
| Cod liver oil | 5.4 |
| Rice bran | 3.0 |
| Vitamin premix | 4.0 |
| Mineral premix | 2.0 |
| Fish protein Hydrolysate | 1.3 |
| Total | 100 |
| Biochemical composition on basis dry matter (%) | |
| Moisture | 10.8 |
| Crude protein | 46 |
| Crude lipid | 8.5 |
| Crude fiber | 9.1 |
| Ash | 9.3 |
| NFE* | 27.1 |
| Gross energy (KJg−1) | 20.58 |
| P/E ratio (Mg CP kj−1)** | 22.35 |
*, NFE was calculated by difference.
**, protein energy ratio (g/kg Crude protein/Gross energy).
Crude protein percentage of feed ingredients: Fish, shrimp, and squid meal (70.2%), Bread flour (4.4%) and rice bran (3.0%).
Vitamins premix has the following constitution (g Kg−1 premix): fats soluble vitamins;menadione sodium bisuphite (vit. K3), 0.03; retinol (vit. A) 1.2; a-tocopherol cetate (vit.E) 4.5; cholecalciferol (vit D3) 7.8; water soluble vitamins;thiamine (vit. B1) 1.2; ascorbic acid (vit. C) 14; choline chloride 4.6; inositol (vit.B8) 39.4 folic acid (0.5); pyridoxine (vit.B6) 1.3; nicotinic acid (vit.B3) 4.2; cyanocobalamine (vit.B 12) 0.005 biotin 0.3; pentothenic acid (vit.B5) 1.34; riboflavin (vit.B2) 1.1.
Minerals; The following ingredients were found in the mineral mixture: (g /100 g mixture): phosphorus 3.2; calcium 1.4; zinc 1.03; magnesium 2.3; copper 1.05; iodine 2.1; phospholipids 3.2; manganese 2.04; sodium 1.02; iron 1.1.