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Table 1 Ingredients and proximate composition of experimental diet for Etroplus suratensis with dietary carbohydrate of different complexities

From: Growth performance, nutrient digestibility, antioxidant status and metabolic enzyme activity in pearlspot (Etroplus suratensis), fed carbohydrates of different complexities

INGREDIENTS (g/Kg)

GLU-Feed

SUC-Feed

DEX-Feed

STA-Feed

CEL-Feed

Fish meal

300

300

300

300

300

Casein

200

200

200

200

200

Carbohydrate source

Glucose

350

-

-

-

-

Sucrose

-

350

-

-

-

Dextrin

-

-

350

-

-

Starch

-

-

-

350

-

Cellulose

-

-

 

-

350

Vegetable oil

70

70

70

70

70

aCMC (binder)

15

15

15

15

15

bVitamin&cMineral premix

40

40

40

40

40

Yeast

10

10

10

10

10

Choline chloride

10

10

10

10

10

Titanium oxide (inert marker)

5

5

5

5

5

PROXIMATE COMPOSITION (g/Kg)

Protein

337.8

340.7

340.8

338.4

338.3

Lipid

69.1

69.4

67.4

68.3

65.3

Ash

99.7

92.3

96.4

90.5

104.5

  1. aCarboxymethyl cellulose.bVitamin (IU or g kg−1 premix): retinol palmitate, 50,000 LU; thiamine, 5; riboflavin, 5; niacin, 25; folic acid, 1; pyridoxine, 5; cyanocobalamin, 5; ascorbic acid, 10; cholecalciferol, 50,000 IU; -tocopherol, 2.5; menadione, 2; inositol, 25; pantothenic acid, 10; choline chloride, 100; biotine, 0.25. cMinerals (g kg−1): CaCO3, 336; KH2PO4, 502; MgSO4.7H2O, 162; NaCl, 49.8; Iron (II) gluconate. J 0.9; MnSO4.H2O, 3.12; ZnSO4.7H2O. 4.67; CuSO4.5H2O. 0.62; KI. 0.16; CoCl2.6H2O, 0.08; ammonium molybdate. 0.06; NaSeO3, 0.02
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Aquaculture Science and Management

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