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Table 2 Dietary formulation and proximate composition of the seven experimental diets for L. vannamei (% dry matter)

From: Supplemental effects of biofloc powder on growth performance, innate immunity, and disease resistance of Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei

Ingredients

Experimental diets

Con

BF0.5

BF1

BF2

BF4

BF6

BF8

Brown fishmeal

28.0

28.0

28.0

28.0

28.0

28.0

28.0

Soybean meal

30.0

30.0

30.0

29.5

28.5

27.5

26.5

Squid liver meal

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

Wheat flour

29.0

28.5

28.0

27.5

26.5

25.5

24.5

Starch

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

Fish oil

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Mineral mixa

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Vitamin mixb

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Choline chloride

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Lecithin

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Biofloc

0.00

0.50

1.00

2.00

4.00

6.00

8.00

Chemical composition (% dry matter)

 Dry matter

93.2

93.8

94.0

93.2

93.1

93.6

93.5

 Crude protein

40.8

40.9

40.7

40.6

41.0

41.0

41.0

 Crude lipid

6.70

7.50

7.10

7.00

7.60

7.30

7.50

 Crude Ash

8.00

8.40

8.30

8.60

9.30

10.0

10.8

 Energy, MJ/kg diet

16.6

16.6

16.6

16.5

16.4

16.2

16.1

  1. aMineral premix (g/kg mixture): MgSO4.7H2O, 80.0; NaH2PO4.2H2O, 370.0; KCl, 130.0; Ferric citrate, 40.0; ZnSO4.7H2O, 20.0; Ca-lactate, 356.5; CuCl, 0.2; AlCl3.6H2O, 0.15; Na2Se2O3, 0.01; MnSO4.H2O, 2.0; CoCl2.6H2O, 1.0
  2. bVitamin premix (g/kg mixture): L-ascorbic acid, 121.2; DL-tocopheryl acetate, 18.8; thiamin hydrochloride, 2.7; riboflavin, 9.1; pyridoxine hydrochloride, 1.8; niacin, 36.4; Ca-D-pantothenate, 12.7; myo-inositol, 181.8; D-biotin, 0.27; folic acid, 0.68; p-aminobezoic acid, 18.2; menadione, 1.8; retinyl acetate, 0.73; cholecalficerol, 0.003; cyanocobalamin, 0.003