TY  - JOUR
T1  - Performance Characteristics of Nile Tilapia (<I>Oreochromis niloticus</I>) Fed Diets Containing Graded Levels of Fuel-Based Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles
AU - Schaeffer, T.W. AU - Brown, M.L. AU - Rosentrater, K.A. 
JO  - Journal of Aquaculture Feed Science and Nutrition
VL  - 1
IS  - 4
SP  - 78
EP  - 83
PY  - 2009
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 2070-1667
DO  - joafsnu.2009.78.83
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=joafsnu.2009.78.83
KW  - DDGS
KW  -fuel ethanol
KW  -Oreochromis niloticus
KW  -glass aquaria
KW  -Nile tilapia
KW  -USA
AB  - A feeding trial was performed to investigate levels of corn-based Distillers Dried Grains with solubles (DDGS), a co-product of fuel ethanol manufacturing, used as a nutrient source for juvenile Nile tilapia (<I>Oreochromis niloticus</I>). Three isocaloric (15.7&plusmn;0.7 MJ kg<SUP>-1</SUP> dry matter), isonitrogenous (29.6&plusmn;1.0% crude protein) experimental diets were formulated to contain 20, 30 and 40% DDGS; a commercial diet containing fishmeal was used as a reference diet. Glass aquaria (110 L) were stocked with Nile tilapia (mean weight = 6.7 g) with four replicates per diet. Weight gains, conversion ratios and hepatosomatic indices did not significantly differ between fish fed 20% DDGS and reference diets. Dressing percentages were similar among fish fed 20 and 30% DDGS and reference diets, while no difference occurred in protein efficiency ratios among diets. These results indicate that aquaculture diets incorporating 20% DDGS may produce similar performance results to commercial diets of similar energy content.
ER  -