Table 1 Ingredients and proximate composition (g kg−1 on a dry matter basis, DM) of diets containing three levels of agavin (0, 2, and 10%) to feed shrimp juveniles (Litopenaeus vannamei) under commercial conditions.

From: Agavin induces beneficial microbes in the shrimp microbiota under farming conditions

Ingredients, g kg−1 DM

Agavin levels (g kg−1 DM)

BD

AG2

AG10

Fishmeala

120

120

120

Poultry byproduct mealb

200

200

200

Soybean meal (42% CP)c

120

120

120

Corn glutend

40

40

40

White wheat flour

119

61

60

Maizena™ e (corn starch)

220

257

177

Gelatinf

70

70

70

Soybean Oilg

48

49

50

Fish oilh

30

30

30

Rovimixi

10

10

10

Stay Ci

0.7

0.7

0.7

AGAVIN

0

20

100

Sodium benzoatej

2.3

2.3

2.3

BHTj

0.1

0.1

0.1

TOTAL

1000

1000

1000

Proximate composition, g kg−1

Moisture

26.8

25.8

26.4

Crude Protein

373

375.7

375.5

Crude Lipid

96

95

94

Ash

58

57

55

NFE

446.2

446.5

449.1

  1. NFE (g kg−1) = 100% − (crude protein + crude lipid + ash + moisture).
  2. aSardine fishmeal from Proteínas Marinas y Agropecuarias SA de CV, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
  3. bPet food grade (65% CP and 14%CF) from Proteínas Marinas y Agropecuarias SA de CV, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
  4. cAlimentos COLPAC, Hermosillo, Sonora, México.
  5. dIngredión SA de CV, México.
  6. eMaizena, Unilever Food Solutions, México.
  7. fProgel Mexicana SA de CV, Léon, Guanajuato, México.
  8. gCargill, Minnesota USA.
  9. hfrom sardin (Mazatlán, México).
  10. iDSM Nutritional Products México SA de CV, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, contains in g kg ρ-aminobenzoic acid 1.45; biotin 0.02; myo-inositol 14.5; nicotinic acid 2.9; Capantothenate 1.0; pyridoxine–HCl 0.17; riboflavin 0.73; thiamine-HCl 0.22; menadione 0.17; α-tocopherol 1.45; cyanocobalamine 0.0003; calciferol 0.03; L-ascorbyl-2- phosphate-Mg 0.25; folic acid 0.05; choline chloride 29.65; retinol 0.015; NaCl 1.838; MgSO4·7H2O 6.85; NaH2PO4·2H2O 4.36; KH2PO4 11.99; Ca(H2PO4)2·2H2O 6.79; Fe-citrate 1.48; Ca-lactate 16.35; AlCl3·6H2O 0.009; ZnSO4·7H2O 0.17; CuCl2 0.0005; MnSO4·4H2O 0.04; KI 0.008; CoCl2 0.05 and Stay–C (Vitamin C).
  11. jInterquímica SA de CV, Atizapán de Zaragoza, México.
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