The parties involved in trading feed grains and other feed materials are normally aware of the relationships of the difference of their external appearance with their nutrient composition and usefulness. Several reports are available on nutrient composition of DDGS and its nutritional evaluation in different animal species. Some manufacturers and the University of Minnesota have published data ...

High corn and soybean meal prices, and in some cases, reduced availability, are causing nutritionists to use more by-products and co-products than ever before in order to minimize diet costs. The three most common by-products being used in swine diets are DDGS, wheat midds, and bakery by-product. Managing nutrient variability among by-product sources is the primary challenge to obtaining accura...

Lipid peroxidation in animal feed can negatively affect growth performance and meat quality. Weanling pigs (n = 432; BW = 6.6 ± 0.4 kg) were used to evaluate the effects of feeding peroxidized distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) with 3 levels of vitamin E (α-tocopheryl acetate) on growth performance, carcass composition, fatty acid composition of pork fat, and lipid peroxidation in LM....

A set of experiments was conducted to determine the effects of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) on pellet quality and pelleting performance when used in corn-soy diets. All batching and mixing, processing, and subsequent testing was completed at the Department of Grain Science Feed Processing Center at Kansas State University. Observations on the viability of using DDGS were based o...

To determine the effect of increasing supplementation of corn dried distillers grains plus solubles (DDGS) on growth performance and feeding behavior, 70 steer calves (287 ± 10 kg of BW) were blocked by BW to 3 pens equipped with Insentec feeders. For 84 d, calves were fed medium-quality grass/legume hay offered for ad libitum intake and provided 1 of 3 dietary supplemental treatments (n = 7 or...

The concentration of gross energy in distillers dried grain with solubles (DDGS) is greater than in corn. However, because of a lower digestibility of energy in DDGS than in corn, there is no difference in the concentration of digestible and metabolizable energy between DDGS and corn. The apparent and standardized ileal digestibility of amino acids in DDGS does vary among sources but, with the ...

Dried distillers' grains with solubles (DDGS), a co-product of corn ethanol production, was investigated as a feedstock for additional ethanol production. DDGS was pretreated with liquid hot-water (LHW) and ammonia fiber explosion (AFEX) processes. Cellulose was readily converted to glucose from both LHW and AFEX treated DDGS using a mixture of commercial cellulase and beta-glucosidase; however...

Corn distillers dried grains with soluble (DDGS) is a by-product of the ethanol industry and also it can be obtained from wheat, barley, sorghum and other carbohydrate sources in ethanol plants. It has high protein and energy content therefore can be evaluated as a by-product for poultry. However, its high levels in poultry diets have been restricted due to some negative effects on poultry perf...

Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS), a co-product of the dry-mill ethanol industry, are the dried residue that remains after the fermentation of corn (or other grains) mash by selected yeasts and enzymes to produce ethanol and carbon dioxide. The nutrient composition of DDGS varies depending on the source of grain and the methods used for ethanol and DDGS production. Generally, corn DD...

The physical characteristics, chemical composition, and nutritional value of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) from seven beverage alcohol and two fuel alcohol manufacturers were evaluated in studies with chicks and pigs. Color scores of the DDGS ranged from very light to very dark and odor scores ranged from normal to burnt or smoky. The DDGS ranged from 23.4 to 28.7% CP, 2.9 to 12....