Ingredients DM CP CL CF Ash NFE GE Price
Linseed cake 908.8 310 108.2 136.3 82.7 233.4 18.6 7.5
Niger seed cake 928 324.2 92 201.1 90.7 220 18.1 4.0
Soybean cake 938 393.8 74.7 64.8 54 350.7 19.3 9.0
Fish waste meal 950 610.9 187.1 0 220.4 0 21.8 0.5
Wheat grain 875 96 16.54 57.9 13.6 690.9 17.9 8.0
Corn grain 882.9 78.1 42.6 27.1 13.0 722.2 19.0 5.0
*DM (dry matter), CP (crude protein), CL (crude lipid), NFE (nitrogen free extract) and GE (gross energy).
Table 2: Proximate composition (g kg-1 as fed), energy (kJ g-1) and prices (birr kg-1) of individual feed ingredients used in this study.