Distiller’s Grains and Pellet Quality

I have received numerous calls recently to assist in improving pellet quality in broiler diets. In all of these situations, the culprit appeared to be the distiller’s grains with soluble (DDGS) from maize. I did some investigation and it appears this is something not widely published. A recent report by Loar et al. (2010) reported that with increasing levels of DDGS from 0 to 30%, pellet durability index dropped from 75 down to 65%. Similar results were reported previously by Srinivasan e