Evaluation of three artificial diets in the culture of tropical edible frog Hoplobatrachus occipitalis (Günther, 1858) from tadpole stage to full metamorphosis

The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology

Table 1 Proximate composition of the different feeds used in the culture of Hoplobatrachus occipitalis from tadpole stage to full metamorphosis

Proximate composition %	Duckweed	Pawpaw leaf	Coppens fish feed
Crude protein	40.2^a	33.4^b	42.0^c
Crude lipids	9.2^a	6.2^b	12.0^c
Crude fiber	5.7^a	5.8^a	1.9^b
Total ash	15.6^a	8.4^b	9.5^c
Moisture	83.0^a	10.2^b	10.0^b
NFE	29.3^a	46.2^b	34.6^c

NFE nitrogen-free extract = 100 − (crude protein % + crude lipids % + crude fiber % + total ash %)
Mean values in the same row with different superscript letters are significantly different (p < 0.05)