Table 1 Chemical composition and isotopic composition of the lipid and lipid-free fraction of the feeds and grass carp analysed during the experiment
Pellets | Banana Leaves | Maize | Fish fed the un-supplemented pellets | Fish fed the Banana leaves diet | Fish fed the Maize leaves diet | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non-infected | Infected | Non-infected | Infected | Non-infected | Infected | ||||
Dry Matter [% FM] | 92.6 | 22.2 | 25.7 | 32.3 ± 1.2 | 31.1 ± 1.4 | 30.1 ± 1.0 | 30.0 ± 1.2 | 30.7 ± 0.7 | 31 ± 0.8 |
Crude Ash [% FM] | 7.6 | 9.3 | 12.5 | 9.5 ± 0.5 | 9.5 ± 0.7 | 10.4 ± 0.7 | 10.5 ± 1.1 | 10.1 ± 0.5 | 9.7 ± 0.2 |
Crude Protein [% FM] | 43.5 | 20.0 | 27.9 | 43.5 ± 0.8 | 45.7 ± 1.4 | 45.3 ± 5.4 | 48.0 ± 3.3 | 50.1 ± 4.5 | 49.9 ± 8.6 |
Crude Lipid [% FM] | 8.3 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 39.7 ± 1.3 | 39.1 ± 2.4 | 35.0 ± 2.4 | 34.5 ± 3.9 | 36.0 ± 3.2 | 36.7 ± 2.0 |
Gross Energy [Mj kg−1 DM] | 19.7 | 19.7 | 18.4 | 26.7 ± 0.3 | 26.6 ± 0.6 | 26.1 ± 0.2 | 25.7 ± 0.7 | 25.5 ± 0.6 | 26.0 ± 0.4 |
δ 13C/12C in lipid fraction | −26 | −30.7 | −20.6 | −27.3 ± 0.0 | −27.4 ± 0.1 | −27.5 ± 0.1 | −27.6 ± 0.0 | −26.7 ± 0.1 | −26.8 ± 0.1 |
δ 13C/12C in lipid-free fraction | −24.7 | −26.7 | −12.4 | −22.8 ± 0.0 | −22.8 ± 0.0 | −23.0 ± 0.0 | −23.0 ± 0.1 | −21.8 ± 0.2 | −21.6 ± 0.2 |
δ 15N/14N in lipid fraction | 62.7 | 49.9 | 30.6 | 84.9 ± 14.1 | 127.8 ± 1.2 | 90.4 ± 20.0 | 87.9 ± 12.1 | 79.0 ± 16.3 | 113.0 ± 35.5 |
δ 15N/14N in lipid-free fraction | 4.8 | 7.7 | 4.0 | 7.9 ± 0.1 | 7.8 ± 0.1 | 7.9 ± 0.2 | 7.9 ± 0.2 | 8.2 ± 0.1 | 8.0 ± 0.3 |