Sex-Related Differences in Hematological Parameters and Organosomatic Indices of Oreochromis niloticus Exposed to Aflatoxin B₁ Diet

Table 1

Ingredients and nutrient composition of the basal diet of O. niloticus.

Ingredients	Content (g/100 g diet)
Soybean meal	30
Shrimp meal	17.9
Wheat bran	5
Sunflower seedcake	40.57
Sunflower oil	2
Cassava flour	1.5
Vitamin premix^1	1.06
Starch	1.97
Chemical analysis (% or kJ g^−1 in dry matter)
Crude protein	30.83
Ether extract	5.93
Ash	5.93
NFE	51.56
GE (Kcal/g)	441.89

NFE: nitrogen-free extract; GE: gross energy. ¹Vitamin premix (mg kg⁻¹ diet): vitamin A, 18 MIU; vitamin D3, 4 MIU; vitamin E, 6.5 g; vitamin B2, 3.5 g; vitamin K3, 2 g; nicotinic acid, 17 g; pantothenic acid, 7 g; folic acid, 0.4 g; vitamin B1, 1.5 g; vitamin B6, 2.5 g; vitamin C, 12 g; magnesium, 6 g; potassium, 7.5 g; sodium, 20 g; citric acid, 18 g. doses of AFB₁ were 0, 20, 200, and 2,000 μg kg⁻¹; measured levels were 0.68, 22.5, 235.4, and 2246.5 μg AFB₁ kg⁻¹, respectively.