Table 1 Feed formulation of experimental diets.

From: The use of live food as a vehicle of soybean meal for nutritional programming of largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides

Ingredients (g/100 g)

FM

SBM

Fishmeala

63.8

–

Soybean Mealb

–

46.3

SPCc

–

15.4

Krill meald

10.0

10.0

CPSPe

5.8

5.7

Dextrin

5.3

–

Fish oilf

3.9

7.1

Soy lecithing

4.7

4.7

Mineral mixh

2.4

2.4

CaHPO4

–

1.4

Vitamin mixi

2.0

2.0

Vitamin Cj

0.1

0.1

Choline chloride

0.1

0.1

Methionine

–

0.5

Lysine

–

2.3

Threonine

–

0.1

Taurine

0.9

0.9

Guar gum

1.0

1.0

Proximate composition (%)

Lipids

17.25 (± 0.47)

16.89 (± 0.08)

Crude protein (N × 6.25)

54.51 (± 0.57)

53.30 (± 0.13)

Ash

15.39 (± 0.09)

9.10 (± 0.27)

Energy (kcal/g)

5.23 (± 0.03)

5.45 ± 0.04)

  1. FM fishmeal, SBM soybean meal, SPC soy protein concentrate, CPSP fish protein hydrolysate.
  2. aMechanically extracted menhaden meal, stabilized with 0.06% ethoxyquin (Omega Protein, Reedville, VA, USA).
  3. bSolvent extracted soybean meal (Premium Feeds, Perryville, MO, USA).
  4. cCrude protein concentration min. 92% (Dyets Inc, Bethlehem, PA, USA).
  5. dProccesed Euphausia superba (Florida Aqua Farms, Dade City, FL, USA).
  6. eSoluble fish protein hydrolysate (Sopropeche S.A., Boulogne Sur Mer, France).
  7. fCod liver oil (MP Biomedicals, Solon, OH, USA).
  8. gYelkin TS lecithin (Ingredi Co., Baltimore, MD, USA).
  9. hBernhart-Tomarelli mineral mix with 5 ppm selenium in a form of sodium selenite (Dyets, Bethlehem, PA, USA).
  10. iCustom Vitamin Mixture (mg/kg diet) Thiamin HCl, 4.56; Riboflavin, 4.80; Pyridoxine HCl, 6.86; Niacin, 10.90; D-Calcium Pantothenate, 50.56; Folic Acid, 1.26; D-Biotin, 0.16; Vitamin B12 (0.1%), 20.00; Vitamin A Palmitate (500,000 IU/g), 9.66; Vitamin D3 (400,000 IU/g), 8.26; Vitamin E Acetate (500 IU/g), 132.00; Menadione Sodium Bisulfite, 2.36; Inositol, 500 (Dyets, Bethlehem, PA, USA).
  11. jl-Ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (Argent Aquaculture, Redmond, WA, USA).
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