Table 1 Ingredients and proximate composition of the experimental diets.
Diets | K0 | K1 | K2 | K3 | K4 | K5 | K6 | K7 | K8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ingredients (g kg−1 as feed basis) | |||||||||
Fish meal (600 g/kg protein) | 300 | 225 | 150 | 75 | 225 | 150 | 75 | ||
SBM (490 g/kg protein; defatted, toasted) | 75 | 150 | 225 | 300 | 51 | 126 | 201 | 276 | |
Inactive BY (400 g/kg protein) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | |||||
Rapeseed meal | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 |
Corn meal | 110 | 180 | 210 | 230 | 180 | 220 | 200 | 230 | 210 |
Wheat meal | 290 | 220 | 190 | 170 | 220 | 180 | 200 | 170 | 190 |
Soybean oil | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Vitamin-mineral mix ¥ | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
Binder (Neubabonder 100) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
Proximate composition (g kg−1 of diet) | |||||||||
Crude protein | 285.4 | 280.0 | 282.5 | 297.2 | 278.6 | 298.2 | 287.8 | 290.5 | 284.9 |
Crude lipid | 50 | 41 | 45 | 36 | 31 | 45 | 42 | 37 | 32 |
Crude fiber | 34 | 38 | 36 | 42 | 41 | 39 | 37 | 41 | 37 |
Ash | 92 | 70 | 77 | 56 | 40 | 75 | 66 | 56 | 41 |
Dry matter | 867 | 852 | 843 | 873 | 805 | 868 | 845 | 842 | 823 |
NFE | 405.6 | 423.0 | 402.5 | 441.8 | 414.4 | 410.8 | 412.2 | 417.5 | 428.1 |
GE (MJ kg−1) | 17.45 | 17.34 | 17.29 | 17.25 | 17.41 | 17.35 | 17.36 | 17.3 | 17.31 |