Growth and Stress Resistance of Advanced Sized Nile Tilapia Fed Diets Containing Fuel-Based DDGS and Yeast
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Since 1905, the Department of Agricultural Engineering, now the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE), has been a leader in providing engineering solutions to agricultural problems in the United States and the world. The department’s original mission was to mechanize agriculture. That mission has evolved to encompass a global view of the entire food production system–the wise management of natural resources in the production, processing, storage, handling, and use of food fiber and other biological products.
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In 1905 Agricultural Engineering was recognized as a subdivision of the Department of Agronomy, and in 1907 it was recognized as a unique department. It was renamed the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering in 1990. The department merged with the Department of Industrial Education and Technology in 2004.
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1905–present
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- Department of Agricultural Engineering (1907–1990)
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- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (parent college)
- College of Engineering (parent college)
- Department of Industrial Education and Technology, (merged, 2004)
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A feeding trial investigated the use of a diet comprised of yeast and distillers' dried grain with solubles (DDGS) to improve growth, feed utilization, and stress resistance of tilapia. Six diets were formulated (as-fed basis) with 8% menhaden fishmeal and 20%, 25%, or 30% DDGS with or without 0.125% yeast probiotic. Aquaria (110 L) were stocked with eight Nile tilapia (mean weight = 43.6 ± 1.3 g) with four replicate aquaria per diet. Weight gains, food conversion ratios (FCR), protein efficiency ratios (PER), blood cortisol levels, and survival rates did not significantly differ (P ≥ 0.1) among or between fish fed differing diets. Overall, results indicated that the inclusion of low-level yeast probiotics did not increase the utilization of DDGS nor did it improve the growth or acute stress resistance (i.e., short-term stressor) of juvenile Nile tilapia.
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This article is from Journal of Applied Aquaculture 24, no. 3 (2012): 210–220, doi:10.1080/10454438.2012.679133.