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Table 1 Ingredient (%), proximate composition (% wet weight) and energy (kJ g −1 ) of the experaimental diets

From: Effect of dietary flaxseed oil level on the growth performance and fatty acid composition of fingerlings of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss

 

FOD

FxOD

FFxOD

Fish Meal

58

58

58

Soybean Meal

20

20

20

Wheat Meal

8.6

8.6

8.6

Fish Oil

8

0

4

Flaxseed Oil

0

8

4

Vitamin premix*

2

2

2

Mineral premix**

1.5

1.5

1.5

Lysine

0.07

0.07

0.07

Methionine

0.13

0.13

0.13

Choline chloride

0.2

0.2

0.2

Molasses

1

1

1

Salt

0.5

0.5

0.5

Proximate composition

   

Moisture

9.80

9.10

9.63

Ash

14.59

14.76

15.29

Crude protein

30.66

30.15

29.85

Crude lipid

16.09

16.52

16.81

Crude fiber

2.16

2.42

2.01

NFE***

26.70

27.05

26.41

Energy****

18.56

18.71

18.57

  1. Diet abbreviations, FOD: 100% fish oil; FxOD: 100% Flaxseed oil; FFxOD: 50% fish oil and 50% flaxseed oil.
  2. *Contains (mg kg-1 food): E (30), K (3), niacin (40), thiamine (2), riboflavin (7), pyridoxine (3), folacin (1.5), pantothenic acid (18), biotin (0.7) and cyanocobalamin (0.18).
  3. **Contains (mg kg-1 food): Mg (100), Zn (60), Fe (40), Cu (5), Co (0.1), I (1) and Antioxidant (100).
  4. ***NFE: nitrogen free extract, calculated by difference (100 – moisture – ash – crude protein – crude lipid –crude fibers).
  5. ****Calculated on the basis of 23.6, 39.5 and 17.2 kJ g−1 of protein, fat and carbohydrate, respectively.
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