Yv. Wu et al., EFFECT OF DIETS CONTAINING VARIOUS LEVELS OF PROTEIN AND ETHANOL COPRODUCTS FROM CORN ON GROWTH OF TILAPIA FRY, Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 44(6), 1996, pp. 1491-1493
Experimental diets containing 32-40% protein and 16-49% corn gluten me
al, corn gluten feed, or corn distillers' grains with solubles were fe
d to tilapia with 0.4 g initial weight for 8 weeks in aquaria. Weight
gain, feed conversion ratio, and protein efficiency ratio for experime
ntal and control diets were in the range of 3270-5320%, 1.06-1.38, and
1.87-2.37, respectively. Statistically, the highest weight gain was a
chieved from control diet and a 40% protein diet with 35% corn distill
ers' grains with solubles; the best feed conversion ratio was obtained
from control diet and two 40% protein diets with 35% corn distillers'
grains with solubles or 30% corn gluten feed; the highest protein eff
iciency ratio was from control diet and two 36% protein diets with 49%
corn distillers' grains with solubles or 42% corn gluten feed.