Research Article

Exogenous Fatty Acids Remodel the Muscle Fatty Acids Composition of the GIFT Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Table 2

Ingredient formulation (g/kg dry basis) and proximate composition (% dry weight) of experimental diets.

IngredientFOCOLOAOLA12LA11LA21

Fish meal100100100100100100100
Soybean meal250250250250250250250
Peanut meal100100100100100100100
Rapeseed meal100100100100100100100
Tilapia oil60
Corn oil60
Linseed oil60203040
Algae oil60403020
Wheat meal100100100100100100100
Corn starch200200200200200200200
Vitamin premix120202020202020
Mineral premix220202020202020
Carboxymethyl20202020202020
Cellulose20202020202020
Ca(H2PO4)220202020202020
Total1,0001,0001,0001,0001,0001,0001,000
Proximate composition (%)
Crude protein26.1226.0526.0826.0426.1126.0526.09
Crude lipid7.087.127.077.117.127.107.06

1Vitamin premix (mg/kg): vitamin A (500,000 IU/g), 8 mg; vitamin D3 (1,000,000 IU/g), 2 mg; vitamin K, 10 mg; vitamin E, 200 mg; thiamine, 10 mg; riboflavin, 12 mg; pyridoxine, 10 mg; calcium pantothenate, 32 mg; nicotinic acid, 80 mg; folic acid, 2 mg; vitamin B12, 0.01 mg; biotin, 0.2 mg; choline chloride, 400 mg; vitamin C−2- polyphosphate (150 mg/g vitamin C activity), 400 mg. 2Mineral premix (mg/kg): zinc (ZnSO4 · 7H2O), 50.0 mg; iron (FeSO4 · 7H2O), 40 mg; manganese (MnSO4 · 7H2O), 15.3 mg; copper (CuCl2), 3.8 mg; iodine (KI), 5 mg; cobalt (CoCl2 · 6H2O), 0.05 mg; and selenium (Na2SeO3), 0.09 mg.