Table 12. Feed formulation and proximate composition of commonly used dry pellet feeds for different life stages of catla in intensive farming system
Ingredient/proximate composition (% dry matter)					Size class/ weight
			Larvae	Larvae	Fry (1.45 g)	Fry	Fingerling (8.0 g)	Grower	Broodstock (3-5.5 kg)
			1	2	3	2	4	5	6
Ingredient composition (%)
	Spirulina powder							7.44
	Sorghum power						25
	Fishmeal					16		18.75
	Roasted soybean meal								20
	Fish oil								0.3
	Finely powdered fishmeal			20					10
	Finely powdered groundnut oil cake			32			10		38
	Fresh goat liver		50
	Groundnut cake					26		24
	Cod liver oil		5
	Mustard oil cake				60
	Dried spirogyra�						40
	Rice bran			30	19	33	25	38.81	30
	Processed full fat soybean				20
	Soybean oil								2.7
	Tapioca flour							10
	Finely powdered soybean meal			10
	Soya lecithin (phospholipid)			4
	Vegetable oil: fish oil (1:1)			2
	Soybean meal					23
	Whearc starch		13
	Vitamin & mineral premix			2		2		1
	MPA*				1
	Vitamin premix		1						0.2
	Mineral premix		1						2
	Bioboost forte**		30
Proximate composition (%)
	Dry matter				92.5		89.8	94.57
	Crude protein		36.36		35	30.27	34	28.18	33.15
	Crude lipid		9.22		11.36	8.95	11.4	5.07	14.51
	Crude fibre		1.7		10.04		18.1	12.96
	NFE		26.21		27.53		21
	Gross energy (kJ/g feed)		11.91		17.52	3.49***	4.05***	13.01	19.88
*MPA= Mineral premix with amino acids; **Probiotic supplement; ***kcal/g feed
*Please refer Tables 14 and 15 for details of commonly used vitamin and mineral premixes
Data source: (1) Swain et al. (1999); (2) ICAR (2006); (3) Singh et al. (2004); (4) Kumar et al. (2004); (5) Nandeesha et al. (2001); (6) Nandi et al. (2001)