Table 8. List of commonly used supplementary  ingredients in mrigal feeds.  All values are expressed in % as-fed basis
Feed ingredients Nutrient composition (%)
  Moisture Crude protein Crude lipid Crude fiber NFE Ash
Feeds of plant origin            
Mustard cake 9.5 36.3 8.9 8.1 29 8.2
Groundnut cake 9.6-10.0 30.2-46.2 9 23-25.2 22.0-29.1 8.6
Sesame cake 8 21.1 46.5 7.6 12.2 10.4
Soybean 8.8-9.1 24.1-37.8 10.0-17.8 4.9-17.3 25.6-33.2 4.8-6.6
Linseed cake 9.9-10.7 33.6-34.1 1.3-5.4 9.1-9.5 35.6-38.9 5.9-6
Cottonseed cake 7.8-10.7 21.9-41.2 4.9-5.9 11.1-21.9 27.6-34.9 6.4-5.7
Salseed cake 5.4 34.3 1.7 1.9 52.4 4.3
Copra cake 12.7 23 12.9 6.6 39.3 5.5
Sunflower oil cake 7.3-9.7 30.8-43.4 1.5-9.3 12.3-24.8 21.8-27.2 6.3-7
Rapeseed cake 8.1-9 34.1-37.3 1.9-7.9 11.4-12.8 30.6-33.2 6.5-7.2
Rice bran 10 12.2 11.8 12.3 40.6 13.1
Rice polish 10 12.1 11.5 4.7 52.9 8.8
Wheat bran 12.1 14.7 4 9.9 53.5 5.8
Wheat flour 12 11.7 1.2 1.3 73.3 0.5
Maize meal 12.5 9 4.5 3.5 68 2.5
Feeds of animal origin            
Fishmeal 7.0-9.0 57.0-72.7 4.0-9.0 0.8-1.0 0.8-4.4 10.0-26.0
Silkworm pupae 7.1 43.9 25.7 4.2 3.3 15.8
Data source: Tacon (1987); Nandeesha (1993); Mukhopadhyay and Ray (1999)