Table 1.
Ingredients (g/kg) and proximate composition (% DM) of HM and experimental diets.
| HM | HM0 | HM3 | HM20 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingredients | ||||
| FM a | 420 | 404 | 307 | |
| Pea protein concentrate b | 120 | 120 | 120 | |
| HM | - | 18 | 120 | |
| Wheat gluten meal a | 120 | 120 | 120 | |
| Wheat flour a | 128 | 128 | 130 | |
| FO a | 180 | 178 | 173 | |
| Soy lecithin a | 8 | 8 | 8 | |
| Mineral $ & Vitamin # supplement | 14 | 14 | 14 | |
| DL-Methionine | - | - | 3 | |
| Binder c | 10 | 10 | 5 | |
| Proximate composition * | ||||
| DM | 90.2 | 93.4 | 93.4 | 93.6 |
| Total N | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.1 |
| EE | 21.0 | 23.2 | 23.8 | 23.6 |
| Ash | 15.2 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.0 |
| Chitin + | 8.6 | 0.2 | 1.0 | |
| Gross Energy (MJ/kg) | 23.2 | 24.9 | 25.1 | 25.0 |
a Kindly provided by Skretting Italia, Mozzecane (VR, Italy); b Lombarda trading srl, Casalbuttano & Uniti (CR, Italy); c Sodium alginate (Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany). $ Mineral supplement composition (% mix): CaHPO4·2H2O, 78.9; MgO, 2.725; KCl, 0.005; NaCl, 17.65; FeCO3, 0.335; ZnSO4·H2O, 0.197; MnSO4·H2O, 0.094; CuSO4·5H2O, 0.027; Na2SeO3, 0.067. # Vitamin supplement composition (% mix): thiamine HCL Vit B1, 0.16; riboflavin Vit B2, 0.39; pyridoxine HCL Vit B6, 0.21; cyanocobalamin B12, 0.21; niacin Vit PP, 2.12; calcium pantothenate, 0.63; folic acid, 0.10; biotin Vit H, 1.05; myoinositol, 3.15; stay C Roche, 4.51; tocopherol Vit E, 3.15; menadione Vit K3, 0.24; Vit A (2500 UI/kg diet) 0.026; Vit D3 (2400 UI/kg diet) 0.05; choline chloride, 83.99. * Values are reported as mean of duplicate analyses. + Dietary chitin content was estimated starting from the chitin content of the test ingredient.