Table 3. List of commonly used supplemetal feed ingredients in milkfish culture (nutrient composition is given as % dry matter basis) | ||||
Feed ingredients | Nutrient composition | Apparent FCR | ||
Moisture/DM | Crude protein | Gross energy (kJ/g) | ||
Feed of animal orgin | ||||
Local fish meal | 10 | 64 | 19 | |
Snail meat | 4 | 52 | 16 | 4�5 |
Fish/chicken entrails | - | - | 4�5 | |
Feed of plant origin | 4�5 | |||
Rice bran | 9 | 13 | 18 | 4 |
Corn | 8 | 8 | 18 | 4�5 |
Bread crumbs, biscuit | 12 | 13 | 18 | |
Azolla | 8 | 27 | 14 | |
Filamentous algae | 15 | 14 | 10 | |
Swamp cabbage | - | 28 | 15 | |
Sweet potato | - | 23 | 16 | |
Ipil-ipil | 10 | 29 | 18 | |
Cassava leaves | 23 | 17 | ||
Others | ||||
Chick starter� | 21 | 17 | ||