Table 2 Chemical composition and analysis of the basal diet.

From: An experimental study of levamisole incorporated diet on fish health and resistance against Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from Oreochromas niloticus

Ingredients%

Chemical composition

Chemical analysis

Yellow corn (7.6%)

327.5

Moisture%

6.8

Corn gluten (56.6%)

110

Dry matter%

93.2

Fish meal (47.8)

100

Crude protein%

30.3

Soybean meal (41.4%)

400

Ether extract%

6.4

Wheat bran (14.2%)

20

Ash%

2.9

Soya oil

35

Crude fiber%

4.2

Salt

2.5

NFE%

49.38

Mineral-vitamin premix*

3

Calcium%

0.82

Carboxy methyl- cellulose

2

Total phosphorus%

0.695

Lysine%

1.76

Total

1000

Methionine%

0.66

DE**

3146.9

  1. *Mineral and Vitamins mixture- each one kg contains: vitamin D3 2,200,000 IU, vitamin A 12,000,000 IU, vitamin K3 2 g, vitamin C 250 g, vitamin E 10 g, vitamin B1 1 g, vitamin B6 1.5 g, vitamin B2 5 g, vitamin B12 0.01 g, Niacin 30 g, Folic acid 1 g, Biotin 0.050 g, and Pantothenic acid 10 g and carrier to 1000 g, Copper 4 g, Zinc 50 g, Iron 5 g, Manganese 60 g, Iodine 1 g, Selenium 0.1 g, Cobalt 0.1 g, calcium carbonate (CaCO3) carrier to 1000 g.
  2. **Based on the chemical component of the utilized feedstuffs, digestible energy (DE) was computed (kcal/kg).
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