| Table 8. Feed formulae (ingredient composition) and proximate composition of commonly used farm-made feed for different life stages in semi-intensive farming system. | |||
| Ingredient/proximate� | Life stages/size class (Malaysia) | ||
| composition (% dry matter) | Fingerling (a) | Grower (a) | Broodstock (b) |
| Ingredient composition (%) | |||
| Groundnut meal | 7.5 | 10 | |
| Soybean meal | 7.5 | 10 | 19 |
| Rice bran | 16.8 | 21.8 | |
| Yeast, feed grade | 3 | 3 | |
| Fish meal, 55% protein | 15 | 5 | 10 |
| Vitamin premix | 0.2 (c) | 0.2 (c) | 2.5 (d) |
| Fish oil | 3.5 | ||
| Trash fish | 35 | 35 | 40 |
| Fresh mussel flesh | 2 | ||
| Fresh squid | 3 | ||
| Fresh livestock blood | 15 | 15 | |
| Fresh shrimp heads, including tail shell | 5 | ||
| Wheat pollards | 15 | ||
| Proximate composition (%) | Moist | Moist | |
| Dry matter | 70 | 70 | |
| Crude protein | 45 | 40 | 44 |
| Crude lipid | 10 | ||
| Ash | |||
| Crude fibre | |||
| NFE | |||
| Gross energy (kJ/g feed) | |||
| Cost (US$/kg) | 0.56 | ||
| Data source: (a) Chow (1984), (b) New (1986) | |||
| (c) see table 12a | |||
| (d) see table 12b (Per kg of dry matter afer dilution to 1:6) | |||