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Table 4 Nutritional composition of the experimental diet of O. niloticus

From: Complete substitution of fish meal with black soldier flies Hermetia illucens (L. 1758) larvae meal at varying incorporation rates for feeding Oreochromis niloticus raised in captivity

Chemical analysis of constituted diets based on analyses

 

TR

T0

T40

T50

T60

Dry matter

93.54

89.83

90.22

90.17

90.03

Ash

9.42

9.84

10.17

10.28

10.34

Protein (%)

40.48

39.75

39.97

40.88

41.94

Lipid (%)

11.66

10.56

10.68

10.87

11.02

Carbohydrate (%)

25.47

24.57

24.95

25.08

25.66

Energy (kcal/100 g)

444.76

426.576

430.516

438.022

447.852