| Table 3. Feed formulae (ingredient composition) and proximate composition of commonly used formulated made feed for different life stages of rainbow trout in intensive farming system. | |||||
| Ingredient/proximate composition (% dry matter) | Life stages/size class | ||||
| Early fry | Fry | Fingerling | Grower | Broodstock | |
| Ingredient composition (%) | |||||
| Fish meal | 68 | 68 | 46 | 30 | 34 |
| Corn gluten meal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Poultry byproduct meal | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| Feather meal | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| Soybean meal | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 10 |
| Blood meal, avian | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Ground wheat | 17 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 20 |
| Soybean oil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Fish oil | 10 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 10 |
| Vitamin premix* | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Mineral premix** | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Proximate composition (%) | |||||
| Crude protein | 48 | 48 | 45 | 40 | 42 |
| Crude lipid | 17 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 18 |
| Ash | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Crude fiber | <3 | <3 | <3 | <5 | <5 |
| NFE | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
| Gross energy (kJ/g feed) | 17 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 20 |
| Cost (US$/kg) | 1 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.85 | 0.85 |
| *Refer to Table 6 for details of commonly used vitamin premix. | |||||
| **Refer to Table 7 for details of commonly used mineral premix. | |||||