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Table 2 Feed, proximate and essential amino acids composition of experimental diets

From: Effects of substituting groundnut oil cake with Prosopis cineraria seed meal on growth, physio-metabolic, and haemato-biochemical responses of Labeo rohita

Ingredients (g kg−1)

1Treatments

 

CS

PSM5

PSM7.5

PSM10

Fish meal¥

50.00

50.00

50.00

50.00

Soybean meal¥

300.00

300.00

300.00

300.00

Groundnut oil cake¥

165.00

127.00

114.00

92.00

PSM£

0.00

50.00

75.00

100.00

De-oiled rice bran¥

300.00

300.00

300.00

300.00

Wheat flour¥

80.00

55.00

50.00

50.00

Maize flour¥

43.68

56.68

49.68

46.68

Fish oil¥

15.00

15.00

15.00

15.00

Sunflower oil¥

15.00

15.00

15.00

15.00

Vitamin mineral premix©

20.00

20.00

20.00

20.00

Butylated hydroxytoluene€

0.20

0.20

0.20

0.20

Choline chloride€

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Carboxy methyl cellulose€

10.00

10.00

10.00

10.00

Vitamin C€

0.12

0.12

0.12

0.12

Total

1000.00

1000.00

1000.00

1000.00

Proximate composition (g kg−1 dry matter basis)

 Dry matter

917.22

912.77

917.11

919.06

 Crude protein

303.21

302.09

302.82

301.32

 Crude fibre

82.77

84.53

85.41

86.87

 Ether extract

57.72

55.56

56.30

58.29

 2Nitrogen free extract

460.84

464.55

462.43

459.48

 Total ash

95.46

93.28

93.04

94.04

 3Gross energy (MJ kg−1)

17.67

17.64

17.63

17.62

Essential amino acids (g kg−1 diet)

 Arginine

29.97

29.05

26.43

22.40

 Histidine

7.29

7.09

5.96

4.73

 Isoleucine

13.38

12.89

10.67

8.28

 Leucine

22.54

22.65

19.49

16.03

 Lysine

17.94

17.35

14.23

10.93

 Methionine

4.46

4.55

4.02

3.43

 Phenylalanine

14.73

14.53

12.38

10.00

 Tryptophan

ND

ND

ND

ND

 Threonine

12.01

12.06

10.39

8.60

 Valine

14.83

14.57

12.34

9.90

  1. 1CS, 0 g kg−1 PSM; PSM5, 50 g kg−1 PSM; PSM7.5, 75 g kg−1 PSM; PSM10, 100 g kg−1 PSM
  2. ¥Purchased from local animal feed ingredient dealer, Mumbai, India
  3. £PSM- Prosopis cineraria seed meal Procured from Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
  4. €Procured from Himedia Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, India
  5. ©Composition of vitamin mineral mix (Agrimin Forte) (quantity kg−1): Vitamin A- 55,00,000 IU; vitamin D3- 11,00,000 IU; vitamin B2- 2,000 mg; vitamin E- 750 mg; vitamin K- 1,000 mg; vitamin B6- 1,000 mg; vitamin B12- 6 mcg; calcium pantothenate- 2,500 mg; nicotinamide- 10 g; choline chloride- 150 g; Mn- 27,000 mg; I- 1,000 mg; Fe- 7,500 mg; Zn- 5,000 mg; Cu- 2,000 mg; Co- 450 mg; L- lysine- 10 g; DL- methionine- 10 g; selenium- 125 mg procured from Virbac, India
  6. 2Nitrogen free extract (g kg-1) = {1000—[Crude protein (g kg−1) + Ether extract (g kg−1) + Total ash (g kg−1) + Crude fibre (g kg−1)}
  7. 3Gross energy (GE) was calculated according to gross caloric values of using the values of 23.6, 39.5, and 17.2 kJ/g for crude protein, crude fat, and total carbohydrate, respectively (Brett, 1973)
  8. ND, Not determined