| Ingredients |
Quantity included (g kg-1 diet) |
| Groundnut oil cake |
400 |
| Fish meal |
250 |
| Rice bran |
200 |
| Soya bean meal |
120 |
| Vitamins and minerals mixture |
20 |
| Starch |
10 |
| Composition |
Quantity (kg-1) vitamin-mineral mixture |
| Vitamin A |
20 00 000 IU |
| Vitamin D3 |
4 00 000 IU |
| Vitamin B2 |
0.8 g |
| Vitamin E |
300 IU |
| Vitamin K |
0.4 g |
| Calcium pathtothernate |
1 g |
| Nicotinamide |
40 g |
| Vitamin B12 |
2.4 g |
| Choline chloride |
60 g |
| Calcium |
300 g |
| Mangenese |
11 g |
| Iodine |
0.4 g |
| Iron |
3.0 g |
| Zinc |
6.0 g |
| Copper |
0.8 g |
| Cobalt |
0.18 g |
|
Calculated crude protein: 40%; estimated crude protein: 39.6%; calculated lipid content: 5%; estimated lipid content: 7.2%.
Supplies the above vitamin–mineral premix (Suplevite M) used in feed formulationper kg of feed were procured from Sarabhai Chemicals, Wadi, Baroda, India. |
| Table 1: Percentage inclusion of ingredients in basal diet with desired crude protein and lipid level [19]. |