Proximate
Component
Diet 1
(0% salt)
Diet 2
(1.0% salt)
Diet 3
(1.5% salt)
Diet 4
(2.0% salt)
Dry mater 92.28 ± 0.27a 92.22 ± 0.12a 92.44 ± 0.27a 90.48 ± 0.6b
Fat (%) 14.21 ± 0.05a 16.01 ± 0.0b 19.87 ± 0.06c 15.14 ± 0.04a
C P (%) 30.70 ± 0.02a 30.63 ± 0.12a 30.48 ± 0.05a 30.41 ± 0.02a
Ash 14 ± 0.04a 12.42 ± 0.2b 10 .65 ± 0.03c 13.70 ± 0.23a
Energy(kJ/g) 21.04 ± 0.2a 21.35 ± 0.10a 21.56 ± 0.23a 20.21 ± 0.15b
Means in the row with the same superscript letter are not significantly different (P>0.05).
Table 3: Proximate composition of experimental diets (Mean ± SE).