Table 1 Ingredients, proximate composition and energy content of conventional and organic feed.
From: Economic feasibility study of organic and conventional fish farming systems of Indian major carps
Ingredients | Conventional feed | Organic feed (Organically grown all Ingredients) |
|---|---|---|
Fish meal | 25.60 | – |
Soybean Meal | 35 | 39 |
Mustard oil cake | 24.4 | – |
Wheat flour | 13.0 | – |
Vitamin & minerals | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Earthworm meal | – | 18.5 |
Maize meal | – | 32 |
Coconut cake | – | 8.5 |
Proximate composition | ||
Protein | 32 ± 0.3 | 32 ± 0.4 |
Carbohydrate | 38.11 ± 0.7 | 35.39 ± 0.5 |
Fat | 7.39 ± 0.8 | 9.40 ± 0.4 |
Ash | 13.34 ± 0.5 | 13.96 ± 0.4 |
Moisture | 9.16 ± 0.6 | 9.25 ± 0.9 |
Energy contents (kJ g−1) | 14.76 ± 0.1 | 14.93 ± 0.3 |
