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Potential use of corn co-products in fishmeal-free diets for juvenile Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus

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We conducted a 12-week feeding trial to evaluate the effects of total fishmeal replacement with different corn co-products on growth performance, feed utilization efficiency, and body composition in juvenile Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus. Five isonitrogenous diets were prepared. Fifty percent of the dietary protein was obtained from fishmeal (control diet) or from one of four corn co-products (experimental diets), namely corn protein concentrate, corn gluten meal, high-protein distillers’ dried grains (HPDDG), or distillers’ dried grains with solubles (DDGS). Fish with an initial mean weight of 4.5 g were fed one of the five diets twice a day to near satiety. Significantly higher (P < 0.05) specific growth rates and survival occurred in the fish fed the control diet or DDGS, followed by those fed the HPDDG; mean feed intakes by fish in these three groups were significantly greater than those in the others. Food conversion ratio, protein efficiency ratio, and total amino acid content of the whole body were not affected by changes in dietary ingredients. Whole-body and fillet protein contents were highest in the HPDDG group, whereas the lipid content was highest in those fed DDGS. DDGS can be used to fully replace the fishmeal components of Nile tilapia diets.

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The Scholarship received by the first author from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan for her doctoral degree is gratefully acknowledged. This study was partly funded by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research given to Shuichi Satoh from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology through the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (26252034) and the “Development of Aquaculture Technology for Food Security and Food Safety for the Next Generation” project of the SATREPS program of JST and JICA.

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    Sandamali Sakunthala Herath, Yutaka Haga & Shuichi Satoh

  2. Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences and Technology, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka

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Herath, S.S., Haga, Y. & Satoh, S. Potential use of corn co-products in fishmeal-free diets for juvenile Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus . Fish Sci 82, 811–818 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12562-016-1008-6

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