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Judging pellet stability as part of pellet quality

Published on: 06/19/2007

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Author : Rainer Löwe (Courtesy of AFMA Matrix)

Feed is too expensive to waste, so pellet quality has an economic value. There are a number of excellent methods to objectively measure and record the quality of pellets during the manufacturing process. This is the first step toward correcting destructive conditions and improving quality.Compound feed quality should be assessed by at least four different groups of characteristics: physiological c...

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Dr.iftikhar Ahmad Mashhadi

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Animal Nutritionist

Re: Judging pellet stability as part of pellet quality

11/29/2008 | A good and informative article which enlightens the importance of pelleting process. The author favours the saturated steam but there remains a thirst about the amount of hydration in conditioning the feed in conditioner. However it is the best article to achieve the best goals for pelleting the feed.

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Mohammad Hosseini

Neyshabour, Khorasan, Iran

Student of professional technicians production

Re: Judging pellet stability as part of pellet quality

11/30/2008 | This is very good of you......!

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Sundararajan Mani Iyer

India

Re: Judging pellet stability as part of pellet quality

01/11/2009 | Thanks for a nice and detailed technical info on pelletization.

Sundararajan Mani Iyer

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Amir Attar

Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Animal Nutritionist

Re: Judging pellet stability as part of pellet quality

01/12/2009 | I agree with the article. Unfortunatly some feed mills don't have any tools for pellet judgment. And pellet durability is important for broiler performance.

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Mohammadreza Abdollahi

Iran

Animal Nutritionist

Re: Judging pellet stability as part of pellet quality

02/14/2009 | Thanks for the article. It's a comprehensive review on Pellet quality. I think when we are talking about pellet quality we should consider the percentage of fines in pelleted feed, pellet durability, pellet hardness and also nutrient quality of pelleted feed which makes the issue a bit complicated. Low fine and good pellet durability does not necessary mean that we also have a good hardness. While pellet durability of feed and fine % may affect on performance by changing time spending for feeding and feed wastage and etc., pellet hardness can influence performance by its effect on GIT and also feed passage rate. On the other hand we also should consider nutrient quality of the pellet as a major issue. Sometimes providing good pellet in terms of durability or hardness costs losing some of nutrients during pelleting process.

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Mohammad Hosseini

Neyshabour, Khorasan, Iran

Student of professional technicians production

Re: Judging pellet stability as part of pellet quality

02/19/2009 | OK. Thank you for this Article. This is a complete Article.

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Dr. Sushil Chandra

India

Re: Judging pellet stability as part of pellet quality

02/27/2009 | This is quite comprehensive article of pelleting.
We have experienced that in cattle feed, where usually 6 to 8 mm pellets are being produced, coarseness of mixed material, sufficient quantity of molasses (as binder), satisfactory conditioning time and optimum temp of conditioned material and pelleting temp plays vital role for producing good quality pellet.

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