Table 9. Feed formulae (ingredient composition) and proximate
composition of commonly used pellet feed for different life stages of mullet
in intensive farming system |
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Ingredient/proximate
composition (% dry matter) |
Fry (a) |
Fingerling (b) |
Ingredient composition
(%) |
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Fish meal |
2.5 |
29 |
Processed Soybean |
7.5 |
23 |
Wheat by-product |
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42 |
Corn oil |
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4 |
Wheat flour |
5 |
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Rice bran |
23 |
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Groundnut oilcake |
60 |
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Mineral premix and amino
acid |
1* |
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Chromic oxide (Cr2O3) |
1 |
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Vitamin premix |
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1 |
Mineral premix |
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1 |
Binder |
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Attractant |
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Presevative |
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Proximate composition (%) |
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Dry matter |
93.13 |
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Crude protein |
33.44 |
32.25 |
Crude lipid |
8.43 |
12.17 |
Ash |
11.84 |
8.5 |
Crude fibre |
8.26 |
4.35 |
NFE |
31.17 |
42.73 |
Gross energy (kJ/g feed) |
16.58 |
19.95 |
Cost (US$/kg) |
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Data source: (a)
Nour et al. (1993a;
1993b), (b) Kalla et al. (2003) |
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