Table 1 Ingredients on dry matter basis and proximate composition experimental feed used in this study.

Ingredients	Chrysophanol
Ingredients	0 mg	5 mg	10 mg	15 mg
Maize grain	10.000	10.000	10.000	10.000
Fish meal	10.000	10.000	10.000	10.000
Finger millet	10.000	10.000	10.000	10.000
Pearl millet	10.000	10.000	10.000	10.000
Rice bran	25.000	24.992	24.996	25.992
Wheat flour	10.000	10.000	10.000	10.000
Groundnut oil cake	20.000	20.000	20.000	20.000
Vegetable oil	2.000	2.000	2.000	2.000
Vitamin + mineral mix^a	2.000	2.000	2.000	2.000
Common salt	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000
Chrysophanic acid	0.000	0.002	0.004	0.008
Proximate composition (dry matter basis, g kg⁻¹)
Crude protein	38.96	38.22	38.45	37.92
Crude lipid	11.36	11.27	11.08	10.89
Crude fiber	2.57	2.38	2. 23	2.02
Ash	9.33	9.26	9.18	9.04
Moisture	6.63	6.46	6.31	6.15

^aVitamin and minerals pre mix: Vitamin A: 700,000 IU, Vitamin D3: 140,000 IU, Vitamin E: 500 mg, Vitamin B12: 1000 mcg, Folic acid: 100 mg, Nicotinamide: 1000 mg, Copper: 1200 mg, Cobalt: 150 mg, Iron: 1500 mg, Zinc: 3000 mg, Iodine: 325 mg, Selenium: 10 mg, Magnesium: 6000 mg, Manganese: 1500 mg, Potassium: 100 mg, Calcium: 27 mg, Phosphorus: 13 mg, Sulphur: 0.72 mg, Fluorine: 300 mg.

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