Table 1.

Gross composition (g/100 g dry weight) of four experimental diets.

Ingredients (%)	Control (0% BSFL)			T1 (4% BSFL)			T2 (8% BSFL)			T3 (12% BSFL)
	S	G	F	S	G	F	S	G	F	S	G	F
Maize	60.4	61.2	65.3	68.2	64.2	67.6	61.8	58.1	61.1	59.7	57	59.6
SBM	20	14	15	17.9	12.8	10	15.4	10.8	10	13.5	10	12
FM1	11.2	11.9	8.2	4.3	8.4	8.5	5.6	9	7.2	5.9	7.7	4.16
Def-BSFL2	0	0	0	4	4	4	8	8	8	12	12	12
DCP	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.35	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.5
LMS	0.6	0.8	0.4	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.55	0.6	0.5	0.8	0.3
Lysine	0	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.27	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.32	0.42	0.38
MET	0.3	0.33	0.26	0.1	0.15	0.13	0.1	0.3	0.16	0.15	0.26	0.2
Antioxidant	1.1	1.27	1.3	0.4	1.5	0.6	1	2.45	1.64	1	2.32	1.26
Premix3	5	5	4.04	3.1	2.8	3	6	5.2	5.5	5.63	4.3	4.6
Vegetable oil	1	5	5	1	5	5	1	5	5	1	5	5
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

Abbreviation: S, Starter; G, Grower; F, Finisher; DCP, Dicalcium Phosphate; LMS, Limestone; MET, Methionine; SBM, Soybean meal; FM, Fish meal; CP, crude protein; EE, ether extract; CF, crude fibre.

¹Fishmeal 550.

²Hi.Protein; Crude fat 11%, crude fibre 8%, crude protein 47%, ash 21% & moisture 5%).

³Vitamin premix (/kg in premix): vitamin A 800,000 IU, vitamin D3 160,000 IU, vitamin E 15 g, vitamin K3 325 mg, vitamin B1 1500 mg, vitamin B2 1250 mg, vitamin B6 1100 mg, vitamin B12 4 mg, vitamin C 2.5 g, creatine 5.5 g, folic acid 70 mg, Biotin 125 mg, Nicotinic acid 4 g, D-pantothenic acid 4.5.

⁴Three replicates of each feed sample were subjected to chemical analysis in this study.