Table 11. Feed formulation and proximate composition of commonly used farm-made feeds for different life stages of catla in semi-intensive farming system
Ingredient/proximate composition (% dry matter)		Size class/ stage
		0.53 g	0.84 g	2.5 g	8-10 cm	16 g	2 years plus
Ingredient composition (%)		-1	-2	-3	Fingerlings (4)	-5	Broodstock (6)
	Fermented silkworm pupae			6.7
	Fishmeal	5	15			10
	Groundnut cake meal	40					70
	Maize gluten		5		40
	Ground nut oil			5
	Mustard oil cake		40			30.3
	Molasses		5			6
	Rice bran	39	40	19.3		53.2	28.4
	Rice polish				30
	Soybean meal	15
	Grount nut oil cake (expeller)			62
	Wheat bran				30
	Vitamin and mineral premix	1		2		0.5
	Binder mix*			5
	Common salt						1.5
	Vitamin C						0.0099
	Vitamin E						0.0029
	Trace elements						0.099
Proximate composition (%)
	Crude proten	30.49	31.75	30.9	19.4	20.15	33
	Crude lipid	4.95	1.58	6.9	7.8	10.3	10
	Ash	12.2	18.75	7.5	13.4	17.3
	Crude fibre		14.7		7.6	9.92
	NFE		33.22			34.83
	Gross energy (kcal/g feed)	4.42	3.06	2.94			4
*Mixture of tapioca flour + wheat flour + rice flour (6+3+1)
Data source: (1) Biswas et al. (2006); (2) Kaur and Saxena (2005); (3) Rangacharyulu et al. (2003), (4) Alam et al. (1996), (5) Mazid et al. (1997), (6) ICAR (2006)�