Table 2 Ingredients formulation and proximate composition of three test diets fed to juvenile barramundi for 6 weeks

From: Insect larvae, Hermetia illucens in poultry by-product meal for barramundi, Lates calcarifer modulates histomorphology, immunity and resistance to Vibrio harveyi

Ingredientsa

Test diets

Control

45PBM + HI

90PBM + HI

PBMb

0.00

31.00

63.00

Canola oil

1.00

2.40

3.00

HI larvae (full-fat)c

0.00

12.00

12.00

FMd

72.00

33.00

0.00

Corn/wheat starch

7.00

7.00

7.00

Lecithin - Soy (70%)

1.00

1.00

1.00

Vitamin C

0.05

0.05

0.05

Dicalcium Phosphate

0.05

0.05

0.05

Wheat (10 CP)

16.90

12.00

9.90

Vitamin premix

0.50

0.50

0.50

Salt (NaCl)

1.00

1.00

1.00

Cod liver oil

0.50

0.00

2.50

Proximate composition (% dry weight)

Crude protein

47.88

47.86

47.97

Crude lipid

12.59

12.33

12.03

  1. aSpecialty Feeds, Glen Forrest Stockfeeders, 3150 Great Eastern Highway, Glen Forrest, Western Australia 6071.
  2. bPBM, poultry by-product meal: crude protein (67.13%), crude lipid (13.52%) and ash (13.34%).
  3. cHI, Hermetia illucens larvae: crude protein (40.43%) and crude lipid (17.23%).
  4. dFM, fishmeal: crude protein (64.0%), crude lipid (10.76%) and ash (19.12%).