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Table 2 Ingredient and chemical compositions of experimental diets (% DM)

From: Dietary inclusion of mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) meal as an alternative protein source in practical diets for rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) fry

 

Diets

MW0

MW7

MW14

MW21

MW28

Ingredients

     

 Mackerel fish meal

50.0

45.0

40.0

35.0

30.0

 Mealworm meal

0.0

7.0

14.0

21.0

28.0

 Wheat gluten meal

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

 Wheat flour

30.0

30.0

30.0

30.0

30.0

 Fish oil

5.0

4.5

4.0

3.5

3.0

 Soybean oil

6.0

4.5

3.0

1.5

0.0

 Vitamin premix1

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

 Mineral premix2

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

Proximate composition

 Dry matter

95.3

95.9

96.4

93.0

94.4

 Crude protein

48.5

48.5

49.8

49.3

48.9

 Crude lipid

15.0

14.8

14.8

14.7

14.3

 Ash

10.1

9.3

8.5

7.7

7.1

 Energy (MJ/kg)

22.0

22.1

22.2

22.2

22.3

Essential amino acid (% protein)

 Arg

5.9

5.8

5.5

5.5

5.5

 His

3.7

4.0

3.9

3.8

3.7

 Ile

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.8

3.8

 Leu

7.6

7.6

7.5

7.5

7.4

 Lys

8.2

7.0

6.6

6.4

6.2

 Met+Cys

4.0

3.3

3.2

3.1

3.1

 Phe

4.2

4.2

4.1

4.1

4.2

 Tyr

4.8

3.7

4.5

5.1

5.5

 Thr

4.3

4.3

4.3

4.2

4.1

 Val

5.1

4.9

5.4

5.6

5.6

  1. 1Vitamin premix contained the following amount which were diluted in cellulose (g/kg mix): DL-α-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 (98%), 0.68; p-aminobenzoic acid, 18.2; menadione, 1.8; retinyl acetate, 0.73; cholecalciferol, 0.003; cyanocobalamin, 0.003
  2. 2Mineral premix contained the following ingredients (g/kg mix): 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; KI, 0.15; Na2Se2O3, 0.01; MnSO4·H2O, 2.0; CoCl2·6H2O, 1.0