Table 7. List of feed ingredients that are used or have the potential to be used as protein and/or energy supplement (nutrient content in % dry matter). Inclusion levels in bold are L. calcarifer specific. Inclusion levels not in bold are for general carnivorous species - Tacon (1987).
Feed ingredients       Moisture DM (%) Crude protein (% ) Digestible energy (kJ/g) Inclusion (% max) Main nutritional interest Main nutritional deficiencies Processing restrictions
                       
Plant origin                      
Cereal grain/by-product                      
Corn Grain, ground   x   87.8 9.6 16.3 20      
  Gluten meal x     93 63   10      
Millet Grain   x   89.3 11.2 16.4        
Rice Bran   x   90 12.2 16.6       Poor water stability
  Bran (solvent extracted)   x   89.5 12.3 14.5 15 Vitamins   Poor water stability
Sorghum Grain   x   88.8 10.6 16.3 20      
  Distillers dried grains with solubles     x 95 33.2 19.8        
Wheat Grain   x   87.9 12 16        
  Bran       87.9 14.7 16 15     Poor water stability
  Flour   x   89 16   20      
  Midlings       89 17   25      
Corn gluten Meal x     93 63          
Oilseed/by-product                      
Coconut Oilcake, mechanically extracted     x 91.5 20.8 17.3 15   Lys High fibre
  Meal, solvent extracted     x 89 21     Some EAA High fibre
Cottonseed Oilcake, with hulls (undec,), mechan, extr,     x 89.3 21.9 16.9     Lys, met Gossypol
  Oilcake, without hulls (dec,), mechan, extr, x x x 92.2 41.2 18.7     Lys Gossypol
  Oilmeal, dec.,  solvent extr.,  41% protein x x x 90.2 41.7 17.3 15     Gossypol
  Oilmeal, dec.,  solvent extr.,  50% protein     x 92.5 50 18.3     Gossypol
Groundnut/peanut Oilcake, undec.,  mechanically extracted     x 90 30.2 18.5     Met Aflatoxin risk
  Oilmeal, undec.,  solvent extracted     x 92.2 31.7 17.6 15     Aflatoxin risk
  Oilcake, dec.,  mechanically extracted     x 90.4 46.2 19.1       Aflatoxin risk
  Oilmeal, dec.,  solvent extracted     x 91.3 48.7 18 15     Aflatoxin risk
Rapeseed Oilcake, mechanically extracted     x 91.9 34.1 18.6     Cys ANF
  Oilmeal, solvent extracted     x 91 37.3 17.2 20     ANF
Sesame Oilcake, mechanically extracted       92 40.4 19     Lys, Zn  
Soybean Soybean meal, full fat x x x 94 38       S amino acids High fat, ANF
  Oilcake, undecor., mechanically extracted x   x 89 41.6 18.1   Lys S amino acids ANF
  Oilmeal, undecor., solvent extracted     x 88.4 44.4 17.3 10�30 Lys S amino acids ANF
  Oilmeal, decor., solvent extracted     x 89.6 49 17.7 Lys   ANF
Sunflower seed Oilcake, undecor.,  mechanically extracted   x x 92.7 31.6 18.9   Met Lys  
  Oilmeal, undecor.,  solvent extracted     x 90.3 30.8 16.8        
  Oilcake, decor.,  mechanically extracted     x 92.2 37.1 19.2        
  Oilmeal, decor.,  solvent extracted     x 92.3 43.4 18        
Canola Meal x     93 38       Some EAA  
Grain legume/by-product                      
Lead tree/lpil-ipil Seed, mature, dry     x 91 32.6 18.6       Mimosine
Lupin Kernel meal     x 88 41   40   Met  
Velvet bean Seed (bean), mature, dry     x 91.3 24.1 17.4        
Sesbania Seed (bean), mature, dry     x 90.6 32.5 18.8        
Mung bean/Green gram/Golden gram Seed (bean), mature, dry     x 89.2 22.1 16.3 18   Cys  
White yam Fresh tuber   x   34.5 1.5 5.8        
Sweet potato/Spanish potato Fresh tuber   x   29.1 1.5 5        
  Dried tuber meal   x   87.4 4.2 14.9        
Cassava/Tapioca/Manioc Fresh tuber   x   34.1 0.9 5.8        
  Tuber, dehydrated   x   86.5 2.1 14.7        
Yam bean/Potato bean Fresh tuber   x   17.6 1.5 3.1        
Potato/Irish potato Fresh tuber   x   23.3 2.3 4        
African Yam bean Fresh tuber   x   35.3 3.7 6.2        
Grass/green crop                      
  Cassava flour   x x 96 12          
  Cassava leaf meal x     96 28       some EAA supply
  Leuceana leaf meal x     88 31       some EAA supply
  Leadtree/lpil-ipil - Leaves     x 31.6 8.8 6        
  Cassava - Leaves     x 25.6 7.7 4.9     Met  
  Sesbania - Leaves     x 23 6.6 4.1       ANF
Aquatic macrophyte                      
Water hyacinth Whole plant, fresh     x 8.5 1.2 1.4        
Kangkong/water bind-weed Leaves and stem, fresh     x 7.5 2.1 1.2        
Duckweed Whole plant, fresh     x 8.1 1.7 1.5        
Najas Whole plant, fresh     x 9.6 2.3 1.6        
SCP                      
Fungal SCP Brewers yeast, dried x     91.4 45 17.7 15      
Algal SCP - Freshwater Spirulina maxima x     93.3 58.6 19.7        
                       
Animal origin                      
Invertebrate                      
Rotifers, Brachionus plicatilis, wet basis Cultured on bakers yeast x     9.3 6.2 2.3        
Brine shrimp, Artemia salina Larvae (nauplii), just after hatching, wet basis x     11 6.7 2.6        
  Brine shrimp meal (adults), dried x     81.3 44.3 15        
Freshwater cladocera , Moina Cultured on bakers yeast x     12.8 8.8 3.4        
  Cultured on bakers yeast + poultry manure x     11 8.6 2.7        
Freshwater invertebrate Chironomid larvae x     16.1 9.1 7.5        
  Blood worm x     12.9 8.1 3        
  Riversnail, snail meat x     21.6 12.2 4.2        
Miscellaneous marine invertebrates Squid, meal, dried x     91.9 74.8 22        
  Shrimp meal (process residue), dehydrated x     90 40.6 13.5 25      
  Shrimp heads, dried x     94 58.2 19   Carotenoids   Chitin
  Shrimp shells (exoskeleton/hull), dried x   x 100 45.9 14.8        
  Shrimp head silage, fresh x     19 14.1 3.9        
  Shrimp head silage, dried x     93 69 19        
Terrestrial invertebrates African giant snail - Snail meat meal, dried x     88.9 45.6 17.5        
  Snail meat, fresh x     19.7 12.9 4        
  Silkworm - pupae, fresh x     25.1 13.7 6.9        
  Pupae, dry x     90 55.9 24.2   some EAA   High fat
Animal by-product                      
Chicken Whole egg (excluding shell), fresh x     25.6 12.4 7.5        
  Poultry by-product meal x     93.5 57.5 20.4 15   Tyr High fat
  Hydrolysed feather meal x     91.9 84.2 21.2 10   Lys  
  Poultry viscera, raw x     26.3 13.9 7.7       High fat
Slaughterhouse Meat meal with blood (tankage) x     92.7 60 18.1 50   Met, EAA  
  Meat meal x     93.1 53 16.8    
  Meat and bone meal, solvent extracted x     91.9 50 14 Ca, P  
  Blood meal x     89.6 81.5 20   Lys Met, Iso  
Fishmeal Anchovy x     91.8 65.3 19 60 E.A.A.    
  Herring x     92.1 72.7 20.7    
  Sardine/pilchard x     91.5 65 18.8    
  Tuna, mixed x     93 59 17.5    
  Menhaden x     92.2 61.3 18.6    
  Red fish x     92 57 16.8    
  White fish x     90.9 63.2 16.9    
  Freshwater (various species) x     91 66.7 19.4