Yv. Wu et al., EVALUATION OF CORN GLUTEN MEAL AS A PROTEIN-SOURCE IN TILAPIA DIETS, Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 43(6), 1995, pp. 1585-1588
Corn gluten meal was incorporated into tilapia diets containing 32 and
36% protein from corn and soybean with and without fish meal and soy
lecithin, respectively. A 75-day feeding study indicated that the five
diets containing corn gluten meal yielded higher weight gain, higher
protein efficiency ratio, and better or equal feed conversion ratio va
lues of tilapia than a commercial fish feed containing 36% protein and
fish meal. Tilapia fed 32% protein diets had the same weight gain as
36% protein diets. No advantage was realized when fish meal (6%) was i
ncorporated into the diet. Likewise, diets containing soy lecithin (1%
) did not result in enhanced weight gain relative to diets devoid of l
ecithin.