Effects of insect diets on the gastrointestinal tract health and growth performance of Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii Brandt, 1869)

Table 3 Ingredients and composition (%) of experimental diets for Siberian sturgeon

Ingredient	Diets
Ingredient	CT	HI	TM
Fishmeal^a	26	18.4	15.6
Mealworm, TM (Tenebrio molitior)^b	0	0	15
Black soldier fly, HI (Hermetia illucens)^b	0	15	0
Red blood cells (dried)^c	10	10	10
Yeasts^d	8	8	8
Post-extraction soybean meal^e	10	10	10
Dried whey	5	5	5
Wheat gluten	7	7	7
Wheat meal	19.1	15.9	17.1
Fixogran	2	2	2
Rapeseed oil	10.1	5.9	7.5
Lecithin	0.5	0.5	0.5
Premix^f	1.5	1.5	1.5
Vitazol AD₃E^g	0.1	0.1	0.1
Choline chloride	0.2	0.2	0.2
Vitamin C	0.5	0.5	0.5
TOTAL %	100	100	100

CT – control treatment – 26% of fishmeal, HI – 15% of Hermetia illucens full-fat meal and 18.4% of fishmeal, TM – 15% of Tenebrio molitor full-fat meal and 15.6% of fishmeal
^aDanish fishmeal: DM: 90%; CP: 72%; CF: 12%; Ash: 14%. Skagen, Denmark
^b Black soldier fly meal: DM: 97.5%; CP: 40.4%; CL: 33.5%; Ash: 7.13%. Mealworm meal: DM: 93.9%; CP: 56.3%; CL: 25.3%; Ash: 4.53%. HiProMine S.A. Poland
^cSpray dried, 900 g kg^− 1 protein, APC Europe, Spain
^dYeast, 45% protein, 6% ash
^eSolvent extracted: 45% protein
^fPolfamix W, BASF Polska Ltd. Kutno, Poland – containing per 1 kg: vitamin A 1000000 IU, vitamin D3 200,000 IU, vitamin E 1.5 g, vitamin K 0.2 g, vitamin B1 0.05 g, vitamin B2 0.4 g, vitaminB12 0.001 g, nicotinic acid 2.5 g, D-calcium pantothenate 1.0 g, choline chloride 7.5 g, folic acid 0.1 g, methionine 150.0 g, lysine 150.0 g, Fe 2.5 g, Mn 6.5 g, Cu 0.8 g, Co 0.04 g, Zn 4.0 g, J 0.008 g,
^gVitamin premix AD₃EC, BIOWET Drwalew, Poland – contains in 1 kg: vitamin A 50000 IU, vitamin D₃ 5000 IU, vitamin E 30.0 mg, vitamin C 100.0 mg

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