| Table 9. Feed formulae (ingredient composition) and proximate composition of commonly used pellet feed for different life stages of mullet in intensive farming system | ||
| Ingredient/proximate composition (% dry matter) | Fry (a) | Fingerling (b) |
| Ingredient composition (%) | ||
| Fish meal | 2.5 | 29 |
| Processed Soybean | 7.5 | 23 |
| Wheat by-product | 42 | |
| Corn oil | 4 | |
| Wheat flour | 5 | |
| Rice bran | 23 | |
| Groundnut oilcake | 60 | |
| Mineral premix and amino acid | 1* | |
| Chromic oxide (Cr2O3) | 1 | |
| Vitamin premix | 1 | |
| Mineral premix | 1 | |
| Binder | ||
| Attractant | ||
| Presevative | ||
| Proximate composition (%) | ||
| Dry matter | 93.13 | |
| Crude protein | 33.44 | 32.25 |
| Crude lipid | 8.43 | 12.17 |
| Ash | 11.84 | 8.5 |
| Crude fibre | 8.26 | 4.35 |
| NFE | 31.17 | 42.73 |
| Gross energy (kJ/g feed) | 16.58 | 19.95 |
| Cost (US$/kg) | ||
| Data source: (a) Nour et al. (1993a; 1993b), (b) Kalla et al. (2003) | ||