Fish Feeding Trials Prove DDGS A Winning Ingredient
Published:February 23, 2009
Summary
U.S. Grains Council recognized an opportunity to increase the utilization of distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS), a co-product of U.S. ethanol production, in the rapidly growing fish farming (aquaculture) industry. According to Dr. Budi Tangendjaja, USGC consultant in Southeast Asia, aquaculture is one of the fastest growing food producing industries in the world. The Council embarked...
Dear Sir,
This research is of particular benefit to developing countries where the cost of feeding the fish is the major limiting factor to aquacultures developement in Nigeria and other developing countries. The research should have included the cost of the spent grain per ton so that appropriate comparative analysis should be arrived at before concluding its economic and nutrional advantage.
Thanks,
Dr Igwe Eddy
This is good news to fish farmers. The analysis of the feedstuff should be put into consideration because the processing techniques depend on the equipment use in the extraction process.
This sounds good for use in aquaculture of certain sp. However it's like the writer stated, it was used for catfish. It will be good to know the proximate composition of the distiller's grain and the fiber content. However I think it might be better for tilapia and carp than for high protein demanding fish. In any case, things like this needs futher research to prove their efficacy as feed additives.
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