Research Article

White Mulberry (Morus alba) Foliage Methanolic Extract Can Alleviate Aeromonas hydrophila Infection in African Catfish (Clarias gariepinus)

Table 1

Ingredient composition (g kg−1) and proximate composition of control diet (dry matter basis).

Ingredients Concentrations

Corn grain3 320
Soybean meal4 380
Fish meal5 170
Blood meal6 50
Palm oil7 50
Mineral premix1 10
Vitamin premix2 10
Binder 10
Chemical analysis (%)
 Dry matter 88.1
 Crude protein 35.0
 Crude lipid 7.67
 Crude fiber 6.71
 Ash content 7.10
 Digestible energy (kcal kg−1)3498

Contains per kg of premix: dibasic calcium phosphate, 500 g; calcium carbonate, 215 g; sodium chloride, 40 g; potassium chloride, 90 g; magnesium hydroxide, 124 g; iron sulfate, 20 g; zinc sulfate, 4 g; manganese sulfate, 3 g; cobalt sulfate, 0.02 g; potassium iodide, 0.04 g; sodium selenite, 0.03 g; sodium fluoride, 1 g.
2Contains per kg premix: retinol palmitate, 2,500,000 IU; cholecalciferol, 500,000 IU; tocopherol acetate, 30 g; menadione, 2 g; thiamine, 2 g; riboflavin, 5 g; panthotenic acid, 10 g; niacin, 5 g; pyridoxine, 4 g; folic acid, 2 g; cyanocobalamin, 4 mg; ascorbic acid, 20 g; biotin, 200 mg; inositol, 80 g.
were purchased from Sigma (MO, USA).
6were purchased from Cameron Agric Complex Inc.
7Malaysian palm oil.