Evaluation of Nutritional Quality of Dried Cashew Nut Testa Using Laboratory Rat as a Model for Pigs

Table 1

Composition of experimental diets.

Ingredients	Level of DCNT (g kg^−1 diet)
	Control (0)	50	100	150
Maize	600	560	530	490
DCNT	0	50	100	150
Wheat bran	210	200	190	190
Soyabean meal	70	80	80	80
Fishmeal	110	100	90	80
Vitamin/mineral premix^1	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
Oyster shell	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
Salt (NaCl)	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
Chemical composition
Crude protein (g kg^−1)	185.1	187.1	186.2	185.9
Crude fibre (g kg^−1)	3.88	4.26	4.60	5.02
Metabolizable energy (MJ kg^−1)	11.40	11.12	10.89	10.58

¹Premix supplied the following per kg of diet: vitamin A 10,000 IU; D 2000 IU; E 10 IU; K 3 mg; riboflavin 2.5 mg; cobalamin 0.05 mg; pantothenic acid 5 mg; niacin 12.5 mg; choline 175 mg; folic acid 0.5 mg; Mg 2 mg; Fe 0.5 mg; Cu 50 mg; Cu 50 mg; Zn 25 mg; Co 625 mg.