Determination of the Proximate Composition of Available Fish Feed Ingredients in Bangladesh

Background and Objective: Proximate composition of most of the fish feed ingredients available in Bangladesh are unknown to fish feed producers and farmers. That prohibit them to utilize these ingredients in the formulation of low cost fish feed for aquaculture. The objective of the present study was to determine the proximate composition of fish feed ingredients from a wide range of area of Bangladesh. Materials and Methods: A total of 163 samples of 19 different available feed ingredients were collected and analyzed for proximate composition viz. moisture, crude protein, total ash, crude fiber, crude fat and nitrogen free extract (NFE) followed by standard methods. Results: Among the plant origin ingredients, the highest value of crude protein was found in soybean…