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Table 1 Proximate composition of feed ingredients (% of dry matter)

From: Nutritional evaluation of a short-horned grasshopper‚ Oxya hyla hyla (Serville) meal as a substitute of fishmeal in the compound diets of rohu, Labeo rohita (Hamilton)

Components

OM

FM

SBM

MOC

RB

WF

Crude protein

64.67 ± 1.61

55.30 ± 2.50

37.64 ± 2.48

35.60 ± 1.43

13.44 ± 0.65

10.75 ± 0.23

Crude lipids

2.58 ± 0.09

10.32 ± 1.08

5.36 ± 0.05

8.91 ± 0.87

5.04 ± 0.11

0.92 ± 0.04

Crude fibre

9.23 ± 0.70

4.10 ± 0.40

7.56 ± 0.13

5.35 ± 0.10

22.65 ± 0.40

0.81 ± 0.06

Ash

4.59 ± 0.18

15.59 ± 0.34

5.59 ± 0.53

8.36 ± 1.30

21.57 ± 0.42

0.55 ± 0.03

NFE

18.94 ± 1.76

14.61 ± 2.07

45.88 ± 4.65

40.97 ± 1.48

37.14 ± 1.06

86.89 ± 0.16

  1. Means with ±SD are values of triplicate groups. OM Oxya meal, FM fishmeal, SBM soybean meal, MOC mustard oil cake, RB rice bran, WF wheat flour, NFE nitrogen-free extract