| Ingredients |
Experimental diets |
| CP % in diets |
| A |
B |
C |
| Yellow corn |
39.00 |
50.00 |
14.00 |
| Wheat flour |
12.00 |
23.00 |
6.00 |
| Soybean meal |
16.00 |
7.00 |
22.00 |
| Fish meal |
13.00 |
6.00 |
27.00 |
| Poultry by-product meal |
13.00 |
5.00 |
27.00 |
| Vegetable oil |
5.50 |
7.50 |
2.50 |
| Vitamins and Minerals mixture* |
1.50 |
1.50 |
1.50 |
| DM, % |
84.14 |
81.57 |
88.19 |
| CP, % |
28.02 |
17.20 |
45.01 |
| EE, % |
10.04 |
10.89 |
9.16 |
| CF, % |
2.38 |
2.02 |
2.50 |
| Ash, % |
6.30 |
3.40 |
11.25 |
| NFE, % |
42.63 |
55.24 |
22.60 |
| DE, Kcal/ kg diet** |
2919.40 |
2915.49 |
2944.55 |
|
| Table 2: Chemical composition of the experimental diets. *Vitamin and
Mineral mixture (alfakema):- Each 1 kg contains:-Vit. A 580000 I.U,
vit.D3 8600 I.U, vit.E. 720 mg, vit. K3 142 mg, vit C 0.1 mg, vit B1 58
mg, vit B2 34 mg, vit. B6 34 mg , vit.B12 58 mg , Folic acid 86 mg,
Pantothenic acid 8 mg , Manganese sulfate 65 mg , Zinc methionine
3000 mg , Iron sulfate 2000 mg , Copper sulfate 3400 mg , Cobalt
sulfate 572 mg , Sodium selenite 25 mg, Calcium iodide 25 mg,
Calcium carbonate (Carrier substance) till 1000 gm. **Digestible
energy calculation based on values of protein 3.5 kcal/gm, fat 8.1
kcal/gm, NFE 2.5 kcal/gm (Santiago et al. 1982). (DM=Dry matter,
CP=Crude protein, EE=Ether extract, CF=Crude fiber and
NFE=Nitrogen free extract). |
